Is her beak deformed?

[Stella1964]

My red sex link's beak has an "overbite", where the top beak is quite longer than the bottom and doesn't quite close totally with the bottom beak.

Is this normal? She's 9 weeks old. My other chicks don't exhibit this type of beak.

 

[Shaun Hagan]

We had a RIR like that when I was a kid. She never seemed to have troubles eating and drinking and lived for several years. No idea if there is a correction for this or not.

 

[Stella1964]

Thanks for the reassurance. She doesn't seem to have problems eating and doesn't appear to be in any pain. I guess I'm just curious if this is a common thing and if it produces problems a bit later in life.

 

[FisherMOM]

My Cochin was like this and one day it broke to the correct size. I was getting ready to file it down.

She is fine now.

 

[Stella1964]

Ooooh, that sounds so painful

How would you file it down? Do they hold still for that?

Also, how far should the top beak hook over the bottom beak, if at all?

 

[FisherMOM]

have no clue really how to file it down. I head researched it online and that looked like my best alternative. Thank God I didn't have to do it!