- Jun 27, 2011
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My daughter went out to feed our "girls" this morning and was distraught to find one of the RIR's beaks were badly hurt. I'm not sure what to do. This is our first venture into chickens and up until this point its been pretty uneventful. I did try separating her from the other hens, but that seemed to upset her quite a bit. I'm assuming she will need wet mash and maybe some medicated water, so I need to separate her but I need to get a bigger and darker place to put her (I only have a small crate and when I separated her from the other girls I put her in a different run). We live in OK so I have access to good feed stores if I need to get her any supplies, but honestly I have no idea what to even do for her or how to treat her. Does she need to be put down? Should I just separate her with wet mash and water and see how she does? She doesn't seem to be in pain and so far the other chickens have been leaving her alone. But it is still slightly bleeding, so I'm assuming it happened recently.
Also, any idea what would've caused it? I know that they didn't come in contact with a predator of any kind, did another chicken possibly peck her? Is it from their food bowl? Any insight would be great so we can avoid this happening again.
Also, when I was taking pictures and inspecting the hens I noticed another one had a split beak. Any ideas?
Also, any idea what would've caused it? I know that they didn't come in contact with a predator of any kind, did another chicken possibly peck her? Is it from their food bowl? Any insight would be great so we can avoid this happening again.


Also, when I was taking pictures and inspecting the hens I noticed another one had a split beak. Any ideas?

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