Silkie chick with crooked beak, any advice?

[Shawn14858]

 

[Yep I Talk To Chickens]

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I'm sorry. Can it still eat? I had to put my polish down that had the same problem. I would wait and see what other people see first.

 

[Shawn14858]

I'm sorry. Can it still eat? I had to put my polish down that had the same problem. I would wait and see what other people see first.

It's still eating and drinking fine little bit more awkward for it than the others.

 

[Yep I Talk To Chickens]

It's still eating and drinking fine little bit more awkward for it than the others.

I'm not sure good luck.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I think it makes them look EXTRA cute!

Honestly, that case of scissor beak doesn't look very severe (so far). Regardless, I've read that you can give mash and/or starter crumble permanently because it's easier to eat. Also, deeper food dishes can help them scoop it up. You may need to trim its beak because I don't know that it will wear down on it's own.

For reference: Here's a friend's hen. She has NO upper beak at all - like NONE. She eats by sticking her tongue into a deep dish and swallowing whatever sticks to her tongue. I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it!

 

[CluckerFamily]

Looks like scissors beak. Make sure the feed is deep enough. And watch the beak for any trimming needs.

 

[Yep I Talk To Chickens]

My chick started out not serous. Then it became worse.

 

[Aunt Angus]

My chick started out not serous. Then it became worse.

Yeah, that can happen. I think *most* can work around the problem with extra effort. However, some birds get to the point where they can't eat. Some can be hand fed, but not all, unfortunately.

 

[JulieBeth07]

We had Penny.... her name started out as peck peck penny because she was so bossy and it turned into peep peep penny because she talked all the time. She started out with a similar beek. She lasted about 6 weeks but we ended up having to cull her, ironically when she had free range abilities. I've heard stories of cases that the babies can live for years. Penny wasnt one of them. Baby pic was May 30 (she was about a week old) .. 2nd pic was right before we had to cull her and it was Jul 10. She lasted a couple of days past that. She was a fighter but she didn't have any fight left in the end.

 

[cherrynberry]

The best advice is to just watch it closely and make sure it does get food and water. Also sometimes other chickens can bite the chickens tongue off if the cross beak is too serious. That happened once to a YouTuber and it can be very awful. By the way your silkie is adorable!