My quail's beak is dislocated HELP!!

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. As long as she is able to eat, intervention is not necessary. If she has difficulty eating, it may become necessary to trim her upper beak.

 

[Anyssa]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

It's definitely crossbeak, not an injury. In the first pic, it looks like there is alot of overgrowth,...do they have anything to rub their beaks on to keep them from growing too long?

Thanks for joining our community!

It suddenly happened one day and a little bleeding happened when i noticed it. Can that happen when a quail has crossbeak?

 

[Anyssa]

Welcome to BYC. As long as she is able to eat, intervention is not necessary. If she has difficulty eating, it may become necessary to trim her upper beak.

Her crop seems to be full and whenever i put food in the feeder, she runs up to it and starts eating.

 

[Anyssa]

Sorry, I'm not that familiar with quail. I do agree with one of the other posters that you shouldn't breed it.

You said that it happened in September? Did her beak break? In the picture, it almost appears like her top beak is pointing up a little. Is that the case? Can you get a picture of her looking directly at the camera (with both eyes)?

Is this good?

 

[007Sean]

Is this good?

Pic is good....definitely 'classic' crossbeak and the beak needs to be trimmed....but at the same time, if she's eating, drinking without impairment, then she'll probably be ok.

I don't think that it occurred by an accident/injury....if that would have happened, she probably would have died, due to not being able to eat or drink if it was dislocated or broken.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your quail.

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[WingsysRoost]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad to have you here!

Best of luck with your quail!

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies! I wish you the best of luck with her.