EMERGENCY!!! Please Help!! Part of Beak missing, I have pics!!

[carrlr]

I'm thinking fungal too. Along with getting this taken care of as previously recommended with a fungicide, you have to make sure she's eating. Keep an eye on your other birds as well. I've seen chickens with worse beak deformities make it fine, but it will take a little extra work on your part. What type feed do you use? Crumbles will be difficult for the one missing her upper beak. Pellets might work for better for her. Good luck and keep us updated.

 

[cockybalboa]

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The last time that I remeber looking at them up close was only a couple of days ago, which makes me think whatever it is, it's aggressive.

 

[cockybalboa]

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I have both but they were on the crumbles. I switched to the pellets because i figured the same thing, that it would be easier for them to eat. They seem to be going through the food and water very slowly. As a percaution I have switched them to the chick feed that has the antibiotics in it and I am ditching all of their eggs. Also The two that I have photographed used to lay an egg a day and now I have only seen one in the last 3 days. A bit scary. But I will baby them the best that I can and cross my fingers.

 

[cockybalboa]

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Thanks for the tips, especially about the one about putting it in a deep bowl, i think that would maker it easier for them to eat.

 

[geebs]

Just a thought... for fungal... Change the ph without hurting the bird... Vinegar... It is worth a try... That is bad looking deal there... I would put it in their water as well as swabbing.... you will need to feed them soft food or pile up the seed... I would use a q=tip and try vinegar... It will help boost them as well. Cranberry sauce... Homemade preferrably or whole berry... Not a sugary one...I might even make a garlic paste and put directly on it.. (will need to be done regular and put a cone aroung their neck so they cant get it off... You can make a cone out of mylar. I think no matter what it is in the fungal family.. that would do it. REal garlic... preferrably from a roadside stand...not the store. Mashed and pureed.

 

[BarkerChickens]

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Good point about the vinegar in the water! You can add apple cider vinegar to the water (use plastic or glass bowls, not metal as it will corrode). ACV has lots of nutrients (especially ACV with water), so it gets a double wammy! We've used ACV for fungal infections here with good success (both ACV in water and ACV applied directly). Hope they get better VERY quickly!!

 

[luvchicks8]

Also for feed maybe yogurt or scrambled eggs

 

[Lady Marmalades]

G'day from Down Under....

I am new to Chook care ...but I have kept birds before, from the look of the pics the girls definately have some kind of infection most probably fungal as others have said....I am not sure if you have the same kind of shops available to you where you live but I have found that our produce (which sell all things pet/livestock) store are very knowledgeable. They have even suggested to me if I have a problem to bring in my chook and they will have a look...whilst they are not Vets they have seen most ailments previously...and can recommend product to help...its worth a phone call...you never know they may be able to suggest the answers you seek without costly Vet bills ...

Good Luck nursing them back to health

Cheers Samara

P.s. Great pics

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

i wouldn't suggest the medicated chick started since it is only medicated for cocci. there is aureomycin i think that may be better to give them, but it is an antibiotic that you mix with their feed. i haven't used it yet so i cannot tell you how good/bad it will work for this.
http://www.jefferslivestock.com/ssc/product.asp?CID=2&pf_id=0031615 just in case you wanted to look up what it is here is a link to it.

eta: i would definitely stick with the cooked eggs and yogurt along with pellet feed in a very deep bowl. treating them as if they are cross/scissor beaked.

 

[wiss0023]

I'm not sure if your chickens free range or are in a coop . . . I am just throwing ideas out there as your situation seems desperate. Have you investigated their foraging area to make sure they aren't getting into something that might be corrosive or dangerous and is eating away at their beaks? Animals will sometimes eat odd things . . . I wish you the best. So sorry this is happening.