Parrot beak and lump in olive egger cross

[artbykarenehaley]

No hatchery, came from my own flock

In that case, I think it's a random congenital defect that Easter eggers are prone to, like cross beak. I have been curious if this chick and the others were related to stock from a particular hatchery. Sounds like it's just random. And very rare. Only four posts about this that I can find.

Do you know which parents she came from?
Do you plan to continue breeding olive eggers? I wouldn't stop especially if you're raising for selling eggs, but probably would put some test breeding into action.

If more chicks with this issue come up in future hatches, I'd try changing roosters for one breeding.
If the issue is still there, start keeping track of who is the mother of each egg is.
If you have a mother that throws cross beak or parrot beak type chicks you can retire her to an egg layer flock.

 

[Tayfle]

In that case, I think it's a random congenital defect that Easter eggers are prone to, like cross beak. I have been curious if this chick and the others were related to stock from a particular hatchery. Sounds like it's just random. And very rare. Only four posts about this that I can find.

Do you know which parents she came from?
Do you plan to continue breeding olive eggers? I wouldn't stop especially if you're raising for selling eggs, but probably would put some test breeding into action.

If more chicks with this issue come up in future hatches, I'd try changing roosters for one breeding.
If the issue is still there, start keeping track of who is the mother of each egg is.
If you have a mother that throws cross beak or parrot beak type chicks you can retire her to an egg layer flock.

Yeah I'll be changing the rooster out pretty quick most likely but only chick I've had like this so far but the egg I remember it hatched from was also an olive egger so I'll just be keeping her for her egg now probably thanks for the info

 

[artbykarenehaley]

Yeah I'll be changing the rooster out pretty quick most likely but only chick I've had like this so far but the egg I remember it hatched from was also an olive egger so I'll just be keeping her for her egg now probably thanks for the info

I'm sorry about this chick's beak. But thankful she's the only one so far and that you have a good plan for your breeding moving forward. Just know it's not anything you did to cause it, these things just happen sometimes.