Ask Lacy Duckwing Anything!

[Lacy Duckwing]

I didn't know there were variations of beak deformities like that

Yes, there is. Even though most people bring forward the severe cases, I think the hairline crossbeak is the worst because those are the ones accidentally getting into the breeding pens and producing the severe cases.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Did you attend photography school or learn the equipment and obtain the skills needed on your own?

I learned everything on my own. In recent years, I've picked up a few tricks from the other photographers here on BYC and YouTube, but the majority of what I know was self taught. (If you ever talk to me about how to use the equipment, you'll probably notice that I don't know a lot of the terminology and that's because I learned everything from personal experience.)

 

[Debbie292d]

Four, I think? Marvalo I (EE and her beak was fixed to a certain point), Lauren (Isa Brown and came debeaked in a very bad way), Amber (EE and my worst crossbeak case), and Beatrix (WTB and hairline crossbeak). My Silver Duckwing Old English Game bantam, Lucy II was one I suspected had crossbeak, but in the end I think it was a different beak deformity. My EE cross rooster, Nightfall, might of had hairline and I have a chick that I'm watching her beak currently, but I'm thinking she has the same beak deformity that Lucy II had.

I have only had one, Nosie. She developed it at around 3 weeks old. We could only assume she got injured as never had one before her or since. She's about a year old now. She is rare in that she started growing it back to normal about 6 months ago. But, she still gets mash daily. I keep her penned up in a huge pen with another handicapped chicken and the two adopted ducks. They all sleep in their hutch together. The misfits!