Hi everyone,
I'm looking for some help and advice. I have a small scissor beak barred rock hen who is about 9 months old, with a really bad infestation of lice and mites. She obviously can't groom herself like other chicken, and she is a bit "special". I don't think I've ever seen her in the...
We have a 3 month old, scissor beak that we hatched and it is pretty severe. He is eating and growing well, but he keeps running backwards like he is in pain. We had another, but he was in the egg a very long time, and we think he had brain damage. Ducky, our scissor beak, is our baby. We don't...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes! We are brand new!
A group of chickens has been visiting our property, scratching up bugs, and waiting for the lawn to get cut. They come almost every day. It was always a group of hens, but in January or so a rooster started...
I have an 8 wk old auracana chick who all of a sudden has what looks like a dislocated bottom beak. I don't remember ever seeing it before. I think she may have gotten it caught in the fencing? I don't know what to do. Does anyone have suggestions? There are no vets anywhere close to me who deal...
Im looking for ideas. Im trying something Ive never tried before but then I have never noticed a chick with cross beak beak so early before. It just came out of the shell this morning and I could see that the beak is slightly crossed. I have had experience and I know the with age the cross...
I got my first batch of chicks and so far all has been going well except for one chick. She has scissor beak and it looks like it is getting worst by the week. At first it just looked like she had a small quirk and she would look kind of like she was a stroke victim but now I fear for her...
This is my 5 week old chick with severe scissor beak. I'm new to the chicken life and don't know what to do to help her. It wasn't noticeable when I got her at a few days old. I first noticed it when she was about 2 weeks and it was only off at the tip. It's now completely unaligned and her...