Oh yeah, just remembered about the bleeding. Aspirin can increase bleeding, so should never be given to/taken by anything that's bleeding from anything worse than a cat scratch on a human or an equivalent wound on a bird. Definitely not from a wound to the skull. That's what most of the beak is, it's the skull. If she's still bleeding, try cornstarch, but applied carefully so as not to get it up her nostrils.
 
So I can't help with much (but you look to have recieved great advice so far) but offer a story of hope. In my familys emu farming days, one of the families we did business had a beakless emu, not sure how he lost it but anyway he went on to live a perfectly normal life and even got to go back to his friends and back to his normal feeding. It probably helped they have huge mouths but anyway, definitely a bright future ahead of your girl if you give her a little extra tlc
 
So I can't help with much (but you look to have recieved great advice so far) but offer a story of hope. In my familys emu farming days, one of the families we did business had a beakless emu, not sure how he lost it but anyway he went on to live a perfectly normal life and even got to go back to his friends and back to his normal feeding. It probably helped they have huge mouths but anyway, definitely a bright future ahead of your girl if you give her a little extra tlc
 
Sorry to hear about your chicken. This has been described in a couple of other threads here on BYC in the past. Many would put the chickens down, but if tube feeding is done 2-3 times a day, and then the chicken learns how to eat mushy foods and egg, some will survive. The hen (Fuzzy Butt) in the thread below had a great success story, and thrives several years later after her owner spent 3 months giving her care:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/plese-help-chickens-beak-got-bit-off.848424/
 
So, I had a hen break her lower beak she completely stopped laying the remainder of her life. I had to dremmel her beak every 4-6 weeks because she didn’t have the top portion to keep it at a normal length. She was able to eat well but again she had her Lower beak so she could scoop her food and water. Someone had mentioned but you will need to keep her extra clean also. She cannot preen herself so she will need help. Keep a close eye on her weight. Mine who I named “beaker” lived about a year and a half same weight and seemed happy but a respiratory virus went through the coop and she fell to it. I loved that bird!! Good luck!!
 

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