Crossbeak

[Aidyl]

My daughter has a Silkie who has a crossbeak. As she has gotten older it's become more pronounced. She eats and drinks fine.
My question is, I've noticed her top beak looks to be curling and we were wondering if there is anything we need to watch out for, or anything we need to do? We don't want her to suffer or struggle with something that we could prevent by being proactive early on in taking care of for her.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Chickens with cross beak often have trouble filing their beaks down and will need your help to do it, or it could grow to the point that would make it even harder to eat.
How does she eat/drink?

 

[rosemarythyme]

You can file down overgrowth with an emery board, it'll help the bird to eat and prevent/fix any chipping/splitting. I try to reshape the beak to close as a normal shape as possible. If you can see through the beak, you want to avoid the opaque looking core and just keep maintenance around the perimeter.

 

[cmom]

I had a cross beak. I did need to trim it once in awhile. I had to clip the tip of the beak off once in awhile.