Help! broken beak on 8 week old pullet.

[Shezadandy]

Poor baby! But, if she's eating and drinking and you can keep the beak clean with a bit of antibiotic cream, I'm willing to bet she will be fine.

 

[MotherHen1234]

Yes I have some antibiotic spray and cream. I just got back from the store we got some electrolytes.

 

[MotherHen1234]

How long will this take to heal and harden ?

 

[azygous]

I'm so glad the chick is feeling well enough to eat. That's half the battle. I promise her beak will harden and she will grow a new outer beak. Since she's a chick and her cells are programmed to grow very quickly at this age, she will grow in a new hard outer beak within a couple weeks. It will gradually add more layers of hard cutaneous material and she should look good as new within a month.

Watch the beak for bleeding and don't be alarmed if some minor bleeding occurs. This is normal. It just means she has healthy normal blood cells in her beak that will nourish the growth of her new beak.

Biotin and vitamin B 7 will assist in the growth of this new beak.

 

[MotherHen1234]

Thank you She started drinking without the syringe today! I was so proud! She also started eating bread! She is a lot more active and responsive!

 

[MotherHen1234]

She just ate some chicken crumble!

 

[MotherHen1234]

 

[MotherHen1234]

She is doing amazing! She back out in the coop eating solid food and scratching around!

 

[Eggcessive]

Great news. Thanks for the update.

 

[MotherHen1234]