Crooked Beak - Soldering vs Trimming

[Shimmy]

Has anyone ever heard or tried soldering a crooked beak down? This was suggested as an alternative to trimming as the beak wouldn't bleed due to trimming past the quick, and the beak wouldn't grow back. Of course, care must be taken to not hurt the tongue. Any feedback from someone with experience would be greatly appreciated.

This Americauna Rooser is approximately 3 months old. I feed him alone, once a day from a small-mouth container, a mash of starter feed and water, as much as he will eat. He's not as big as the girls his age.

Trimmed the beak once. It bleed for a while, as my krazy glue was all dried up!!

 

[J-Sanders]

Hat tip to dlhunicorn;

You could try Penetran mixed with aloe as a topical to the side of the face that the beak goes to and if it is a muscular condition it should relax the muscle allowing the beak to return to its normal location. If the deformity is due to the skull bones not forming properly then that treatment will not work and the chicken should be fed from a deep feeder with a large access so that the chicken can get down into the feed and same with the water. If it is a skull deformation problem the trimming will be a lifelong process and not easy on you or the chicken.

Penetran is a commercially available ammonium solution from TransDermal Technologies, Inc.
(800-676-7354)

Jim