My cross beak did that as well. Funny. I'd hand fed her using a deep bowl. It's a mess, I'm not going to lie. I always used crumble for her too. I had a plastic kids snack bowl that I would use. It was probably about 4-5 inches wide and 2 1/2 to 3" deep. I wasn't this clever at the time, but maybe put that on top of a large plant saucer to catch the mess and put it back into the bowl.Hi! This is one subject I’m actually pretty helpful in! I have a chicken with a pretty severe case of cross beak. She’s around 15 weeks and we’ve had her since hatch.
Because her beak is crossed she obviously cannot pickup food like normal so there are a few things you can do.
The easiest (hopefully it’ll work) is to feed her out of a deep dish that gives her room to scoop with her bottom beak. You’ll want to check her crop to see if she’s getting enough this way.
If that doesn’t work you can make her wet mash which is just food mixed with water (oatmeal consistency). When the food “clumps” together it’s much easier for them to scoop.
Please let me know if you have any other questions and I will try my best to help!
Here’s my cross beak Dorothy who thinks she’s a parrot
