Easter Egger club!

[cleoandtheflock]

We have 4 Easter eggers

Waggy
Buddy
Feather
Olive

I will get pictures soon

Also does anyone’s chickens have a gap in between their bottom part of the beak and top part
Waggy does and I was wondering since she can’t shut her beak fully and it gets dirt stuck in it what I should do

 

[debid]

We have 4 Easter eggers

Waggy
Buddy
Feather
Olive

I will get pictures soon

Also does anyone’s chickens have a gap in between their bottom part of the beak and top part
Waggy does and I was wondering since she can’t shut her beak fully and it gets dirt stuck in it what I should do

Do a search for scissor beak. I haven't had one with this issue but it is manageable in all but the most severe cases. Just don't ever hatch eggs from that one as the cause is usually genetic.

 

[Roo5]

Our Easter egger, unsure of name.

 

[Sylvester017]

View attachment 1757334 View attachment 1757335 Our Easter egger, unsure of name.

I would call her/him "CURIOSITY" because I'm not accustomed to EE chicks being that curious without running away!

 

[Roo5]

Yes she’s very curious and always comes running to my ahndr

 

[cleoandtheflock]

This is waggy the one with the deformed beak

 

[cleoandtheflock]

Here is some Easter Egger pictures
The light buff and silver one is olive
The one with the dark grey muff is buddy
And the brown one with the small muff is feather and the other one is waggy

They are pullets still

 

[Sylvester017]

This is waggy the one with the deformed beak
View attachment 1757553

Can't tell from one picture that Waggy has a deformed beak. She obviously must be eating to have grown up to this size so her slight deformity doesn't seem to be interfering with her ability to take in food.

 

[cleoandtheflock]

Yes it seems she doesn’t mind it but she does have trouble eating leafy greens

The deformed part is her beak can’t entirely close it’s a little gap in between the top part and bottom part of the beak

 

[Sylvester017]

Yes it seems she doesn’t mind it but she does have trouble eating leafy greens

The deformed part is her beak can’t entirely close it’s a little gap in between the top part and bottom part of the beak

What I do for my hens is cut up leafy greens into small bits -- I have a small Silkie with a much smaller beak than our Breda and Dominique hens so cutting up tiny pieces of leafy greens, cucumber, etc makes it easier for her to nibble and eat produce. Even raisins or blueberries she can't swallow whole and needs to nibble them from my fingers in teeny nibbles. Because of her petite size I just cut up all produce now for all the hens and that way I'm certain the Silkie has her fill too.