Special needs chick Please Help

[Trisseh]

I’m sure she has a skull deformity as well so things may change as she grows, but all you can do is wait and see. oh how I’d like to get an X-ray of her head. xD haha!

 

[Clap p 1]

Looking at her I’d say her beak is because of her facial deformity. I don’t think you can really “fix” that. You just have to make sure she’s got access to food she can scoop with her bottom jaw. I’ve heard some people try to correct it by gently putting traction on the malpositioned jaw but I don’t know how much that actually does or if it would harm her, especially in a case like hers with more going on. I definitely wouldn’t be putting tape anywhere near her face...

otherwise she looks pretty good from the pictures. Is she trying to walk at all? At least she’s got her legs under her!

I was wondering if she has a jaw joint but it seems to work alright. I haven't seen her try but she does get around. Yes , getting her legs under her is a good thing. She was having trouble with her right side last night which scared me. It's her left side head that is deformed and in humans the left brain controlled the right side body. So yay for Seven. she has some left brain. I really think it's just the eye that's missing.

 

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I’m sure she has a skull deformity as well so things may change as she grows, but all you can do is wait and see. oh how I’d like to get an X-ray of her head. xD haha!

You and me both

 

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Her scissor beak will not keep her from eating. From what I can see the beak could be worse. However it will probably get worse as she grows and will need trimming; easy to do with a sharp finger nail clippers. Please post pictures of her beak from above and below and I can give a more definite answer as to her eating ability. As she grows she will need to have deeper food dishes to overcome the lack of ability to pick up food. All foods will have to be in small pieces; she won't be able to rip or shred foods into small bites. She will not be able to compete for food with other chicks as her eating will be considerably slower; she'd do best with just one or two pen mates. I believe her biggest problem will be how much her brain is damaged. Chickens can live fairly normal lives with one eye and, or, a scissor beak, but brain damage... Depends on how serve it is.

Chicks can survive for three days on the absorbed yolk without eating or drinking. If they are not eating and drinking by the third day... So, if she is alive four days from now she has a real chance at survival.

Ok got pictures.
Deep dish
Crumbles
One of two coop mates
Do you think I should give her some raw egg yolk through a syringe?She fights me like a chicks when I dip her beak in water and goes back under heater. She doesn't Peck or want food. I put some wet starter in her mouth at 1 am when she woke me crying. She fought but swallowed when I got it in. It was only 2-3 crumbles and I put her back under heater where I found her. She started crying again and I moved the heater so she was at lower end, with more heat. She was quiet the rest of the night.

 

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In glad others knew better than I do

Never hold back ideas. Like questions, there are no dumb ones.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Who are her flock mates?

 

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Who are her flock mates?

Non so far. Just me. She's in my lap with a blanket over us. It was poorly shipped eggs. She is lone survivor of 12. I have 2 eggs hatching in 4 days. different breed.
The guy I bought her clutch from replaced the 4 broken eggs and shipped them well packaged after I explained how. Only one is still going, due the 26th. So deformity caused by shipping trauma not genetic. I hope.

 

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What do you think @nchls school ?

 

[MGG]

Yes, officially Seven. What is funny is I pictured you as an old woman living with her sister. Maybe both spinsters. Until you talked about joining 4H. Don't be insulted, you are so knowledgeable you gave me that impression

LOL!!!
Thanks! That's really funny.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Is 4H fun? Can you sell chickens, I want to do it next year as well.