Is this cross beak?

[linsybird]

I just noticed one of my silkies has a weird beak. It doesn’t look like a lot of the pictures of cross beak I’ve seen, but I haven’t been able to find many pictures of mild cases.

It looks like her beak is kind of curved to the right. It looks different than all the other chicks. It’s kind of hard to see in the pictures, it’s more noticeable in person. I’ll try and get some better pictures too, she doesn’t like to be still.

 

[aSoftsilkie]

no its just a deformed beak. she looks happy and healthy! cross beak is when the upper mandible intercepts the lower mandible. the closest thing to a deformity would probably be parrot beak but that's a stretch. I hope I could help! your bird is very pretty!

 

[aart]

It looks like her beak is kind of curved to the right.

Looks like her skull may be a bit deformed?
But like you say, hard to get a good pic.

 

[linsybird]

View attachment 1961026 no its just a deformed beak. she looks happy and healthy! cross beak is when the upper mandible intercepts the lower mandible. the closest thing to a deformity would probably be parrot beak but that's a stretch. I hope I could help! your bird is very pretty!

Thanks, I’m glad it’s not crossed! Hopeful it doesn’t cause any trouble in the future

 

[linsybird]

Looks like her skull may be a bit deformed?
But like you say, hard to get a good pic.

It does almost look like it caves in just a little by her right eye, I just didn’t notice until now because of all the fluff.