Missing top beak

[tinasi]

My husband recently got two hens from a hatcher. One of them is completely missing her top beak. I have been syringe feeding her for a few days but I wonder if I'm just putting off the inevitable. She doesn't seem to get any food on her own and is starving by the time I get home in the afternoon. Is there any hope that the whole top beak will grow back? I can't believe anyone would do this to am animal.

 

[NotSoSimple]

Some people do that to prevent plucking in a large group, i am not sure of weather it will grow back, but i have seen adult chickens survive like that. They just scoop the food they want up with the bottom part of the beak.
But i dont think then can preen, and drinking can be hard untill they figure it out.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Sorry about your hen. Can you post pictures? When a bird is debeaked the entire part of the beak is not removed, if yours is missing the entire beak it may be an injury or something it was born with.

 

[roostersandhens]

 

[gander007]

Sounds like someone clipped off too much ....


Why didn't you take her back and get a replacement ..??????

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

So sorry about your bird. I am not sure as I have never dealt with this sort of issue. I think you will have to make this decision as to the welfare of this bird.

Good luck and welcome to our flock!

 

[tinasi]

Y

Sounds like someone clipped off too much .... 


Why didn't you take her back and get a replacement ..??????

. Yes we should have but she was so skittish the first few days that I didn't realize how bad it was. Then I just felt so sorry for her that I didn't want to go back to the guy that did that to her. I am giving her time now away from the flock so she can eat without competition. I'm feeding her watered down food.

 

[gander007]

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Quote:

I can understand that ...


This is face now I rarely name my animals unless they earn
one but anyway face was fun into a fence by a Bob-Cat and
this was the end result and now she can only eat watered
down feed from a deep dish ...




This is what the beak should look like ......



Enjoy all your poultry ventures

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC - provide feed in a deep dish so that hopefully she can manage to eat.