crooked beak

[Cathie22]

Hello
We have had chickens for 2 years and have enjoyed it--and the eggs! We have several kinds such as Astrolorp, black sex links, buff orpington, Americauna, barred rock, red sex link, silver wyandotte.
We have 6 big chickens and 4 young ones about 8 weeks old. One of the younger ones has the strangest beak-- I think it is the bottom one sticks out to one side. She eats and drinks well and is growing, but she does have to eat with her head to the side. Will she be able to eat and drink as she grows bigger? What happened to it? Anything to do about it?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Research cross beak, some are fine some aren't, it depends on the severity of it.

 

[Poultrybreeder]

That sounds like a thing called "scissor bill". She might have trouble eating, depending on how bad it is. Scissor bill is a birth defect that causes the bill to cross like a scissor. There is a way to fix it, but it requires braking the jaw, I have never done that, and never intend to, I have only heard of people fixing it that way. You might here that she will pass it to her chicks if she has any, that will not happen

 

[casportpony]

Hello
We have had chickens for 2 years and have enjoyed it--and the eggs! We have several kinds such as Astrolorp, black sex links, buff orpington, Americauna, barred rock, red sex link, silver wyandotte.
We have 6 big chickens and 4 young ones about 8 weeks old. One of the younger ones has the strangest beak-- I think it is the bottom one sticks out to one side. She eats and drinks well and is growing, but she does have to eat with her head to the side. Will she be able to eat and drink as she grows bigger? What happened to it? Anything to do about it?

Welcome to BYC! Can you post some pictures of her?