Very injured beak. Need advice please

[nilihanth]

My hen has a very injured beak as seen in the attached pictures. Unsure of when this occurred but likely within 1-2 days.

I’m also not sure what caused it as we have not noticed any violence among the hens when we’re around. No roosters.

Any advice is appreciated. She’s our little sweetheart.

 

[BlueO]

Yikes! Can she still eat? Clean it off and try feeding her some raw egg by syringe. So sorry this happened.

 

[nilihanth]

She gingerly eats feed pellets out of my hand.

Also she is hiding in the coop while the other hens are outside

 

[BlueO]

She gingerly eats feed pellets out of my hand.

Also she is hiding in the coop while the other hens are outside

I would definitely separate her so the other hens don’t peck her.

 

[nilihanth]

Update: So I'm suspecting her beak wound might have been self-inflicted. Or at the least, earned. She might be our sweetheart but I think she is a little aggressive toward the other hens. I went in the run to hand-feed her with the purpose of checking her behavior and she pecked away 2-3 other hens haha! Nothing major, but certainly a sign that she's still higher in the pecking order.

 

[BlueO]

Update: So I'm suspecting her beak wound might have been self-inflicted. Or at the least, earned. She might be our sweetheart but I think she is a little aggressive toward the other hens. I went in the run to hand-feed her with the purpose of checking her behavior and she pecked away 2-3 other hens haha! Nothing major, but certainly a sign that she's still higher in the pecking order.

Oh haha. Hope she gets better.

 

[nilihanth]

Final update: The beak somehow has been regrowing and looks much better. The broken part has fallen off.