I've only had crossbeak once. A hatchery yoko chick developed it. I wonder if there's any way to correct it when they're still young like that. I couldn't think of anyway to correct the alignment while bones and beaks are still hardening so fixable. If you come up with any ideas I'd love to hear about it. It should be like toes and legs where if you can hold it in the right alignment it'll correct as the beak hardens...just how to do it and still allow them to eat and drink?I didn’t even mention my other issue. I’m 100% positive it caused the crossed beak.. I had one chick that did hatch that I thought didn’t have cross beak and I noticed when moving them to the bigger brooder does. I didn’t pick them up much to check on them because I thought they were doing great. All growing and already feathering. And none had any indication of cross beak when I moved them from the incubator. But only one developed cross break after hatch. Developing great so far so I’m not gonna cull it. If I notice any problems that it might be causing it pain or I notice that it isn’t thriving I may put it out of its misery. I’m just not sure how to deal with this yet. I have made the food mushy though it has been eating great without doing that. I’m just so mad right now with myself and the stupid incubator.
On a lighter note, I have my first Pavlovskaya with a hair do. My 2 girls don’t have it but the boy does. I just love the look of this little one.
Don’t mind the light, it is making taking the pictures hard but I have it so the turkeys can see the food and water better since the light will reflect off the marbles. Btw, yes you can have fluffy cute small little ducks! Enjoy life!!!
. Oops. Good thing they're little birds and the parrot cage I use to break broodiest is huge. Today I'll be pulling them all out and letting them cool their tushies on the porch for a bit.
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. What breed of turkey is it?
Betty Boop has given birth so far to a little boy!
