Deformed Bill on Call Duckling

[chickens really]

I also had another with the same thing except not a deformed bill. Different breeding although it never grew so I culled it at 4 weeks..

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

I think the momma rejected it

 

[chickens really]

I think the momma rejected it

Generally they do because survival off the fittest.

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

Well I will give him a fighting chance anyway...as long as he isn't suffering. I have a polish hen with a severe scissor beak who is about a year old now. Her name is Crooked. I also have her sister Stupid so maybe now I will have Spoons to keep them company.

 

[Miss Lydia]

So funny. I hope he makes it in life they deserve a fighting chance.

 

[chickens really]

I gave both great lives and they had fun daily..
Little Dandy died in my Husbands hand. He was never alone. He had buddies and his stuffed horse plus a mirror..

 

[casportpony]

I think the momma rejected it

It is cute

Well I will give him a fighting chance anyway...as long as he isn't suffering. I have a polish hen with a severe scissor beak who is about a year old now. Her name is Crooked. I also have her sister Stupid so maybe now I will have Spoons to keep them company.

I think with some special care and attention it will be okay if you can get it eating crumbles.

 

[CayugaJana]

Well I will give him a fighting chance anyway...as long as he isn't suffering. I have a polish hen with a severe scissor beak who is about a year old now. Her name is Crooked. I also have her sister Stupid so maybe now I will have Spoons to keep them company.

Your names are so funny.

 

[CayugaJana]

If they are all in a pen you could yell “stupid crooked spoons” to get them to come inside for the night.

 

[MontanaChickDoc]

I tucked her in with my sweet Welsummer broody last night, after trying to get her to eat and drink a little (she didn't really seem interested - I think she could either breathe or eat, but not both). This morning I found her dead So I guess it wasn't meant to be. The little call duck hen had one more egg that never hatched - I opened it - the chick was dead and had the same bill malformation as the other. So I guess this hen has something genetically wrong. I won't try to hatch any more of her eggs. She started with 4, 3 dead in shell, 1 hatched with deformities. So sad At least I have little Runtamonk - from the same drake but a different call duck hen (not that she's really runty, but she's so much smaller than her hatch mates that my daughter calls her that). I'm hoping it's the hen's genetics, not the drake (none of my 3 calls are related). Runtamonk was hatched by my genetically defective (cause she has no crest!!) surrogate mother Spitz hen we call "Cookie" because she looks like cookies and cream