What should I feed my debeaked chicken?

[Noellereagan]

Thank you so much and sorry for your loss. I just got her a week ago from a ranch. Her beak was already debeaked, I’m not sure whether it was intentional or not. Also she has bonded with me very quickly, it just breaks my heart watching her struggle to eat.

She'll be okay. Especially with you at the helm. And thank you. It broke my heart to think of how scared he was when he died. He was a big scardy cat. It's so sad. I miss him bunches. Thankfulky I have "mean mearle" (who's no longer mean. I actually pet him today. He still refuses to leave the run. Normally he'd flu out if the run. He seen what happened as the only survivor. Poor guy. He spends the days and nights with my beloved turkeys and I. I'm starting to think that he thinks he's a turkey now.

 

[Helloworld]

I know, I’m trying to do the best I can for her, but she struggles to eat.

I once bought a couple of chickens that were debeaked. I started filing ends with a nail file. Once a week maybe, very light and their beaks grew back.

 

[sumi]

As the others suggested, wet mash in a bowl. You can mix a bit of scratch and chopped up greens in there for her as well. I bought 40 debeaked hens from a farm a few years ago and some of them struggled to eat. I wet their feed and let it sit for awhile, then I broke it up some, into a damp crumble. That helped the ones with the worst beaks.

 

[centrarchid]

I use a combination of wetted feed and larger particulate item like pellets, shelled corn, BOSS, and other larger seed items. Keeping food items either in deep piles or broadcast over soft ground helps as well. Grit can be mixed into the wetted mash type feed.

See article linked as rooster involved has major beak issue that is not a major problem with a little adjustment to how feed is presented.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/what-good-is-a-beak.74339/