Help- My Welsummer Hen has a Very Bad, Upper Beak Break, Very High up. What should I do?

[Hen_of_the_Woods]

My Welsummer Hen, Summer, has broken her upper beak, very high up. I think this must have occurred last night as it is not bleeding. (I suspect she got it caught up in hardware cloth). I washed the wound with soap and water, q-tipped on some Vetericyn wound spray, and dabbed on Neosporin. I also gave her some chicken Meloxicam. My questions are: what else should I do? Do I try the teabag glue patch? Will it grow back? I just put a chicken down 2 days ago at the vets, and really don't have the funds to go back, and it takes many days to get an appointment at that clinic. Any help is very appreciated. She is an otherwise healthy hen. 

 

[SmiYa0126]

Hello! Give her mushy feed in a deep cup so she doesn't bump her beak while eating. Poor baby Tagging @MysteryChicken and @Wyorp Rock for additional help.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm not experienced with beak breaks.

 

[Hen_of_the_Woods]

Hello! Give her mushy feed in a deep cup so she doesn't bump her beak while eating. Poor baby Tagging @MysteryChicken and @Wyorp Rock for additional help.

Thank you. We do have mushy food for her, but I was afraid her beak would come off while eating. My daughter is monitoring her now as she eats.

 

[SmiYa0126]

Thank you. We do have mushy food for her, but I was afraid her beak would come off while eating. My daughter is monitoring her now as she eats.

From what I've read, their beaks are like our finger nails, there's a quick, which you can see in the picture. Watch for infection, I always take a good deep sniff of my girls wounds to make sure they're not getting infected. Do you have fish mox?

 

[Hen_of_the_Woods]

From what I've read, their beaks are like our finger nails, there's a quick, which you can see in the picture. Watch for infection, I always take a good deep sniff of my girls wounds to make sure they're not getting infected. Do you have fish mox?







Thank you your reply. I don't have fish mox, but I do have chicken sulfa, and may have some other antibiotics leftover. So, you suggest I giver her some as a preemptive measure, or wait to see if she needs them.

 

[SmiYa0126]

I would wait, look for first signs, red and inflamed.

 

[Hen_of_the_Woods]

I would wait, look for first signs, red and inflamed.

Ok. Thanks.

 

[Eggcessive]

I have never had a beak injury with my chickens. In some cases the beak can regrow and repair itself. But here is a good link with tips, and shows the repair with superglue gel and tea bag paper:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/repairing-chickens-broken-beak/

 

[Hen_of_the_Woods]

Thank you Eggcesive. I did read this Chicken Chick article earlier, but was nervous about doing this. I’m watching a video on how to do this now. I may attempt this procedure tomorrow