Chicken with weirdly bad aim?

[mistermorel]

This is Peanut Hamper. I call her Pee Pee. She's (mostly) a cream legbar, and is very intelligent, but a little bit odd.

Pee Pee's most major oddity is that she has terrible aim. If I hold up a mealworm, she will miss at least five times before actually fitting it into her beak. The lack of precision doesn't seem to stop her from eating from the feeder, but it is noticeable with treats.

I'm curious as to whether this is a breed thing? Neurological issue? Bad eyesight? Any reason to think it may get worse? She's always had this "quirk," and it doesn't seem to be progressing or getting any better.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Could be her right eye doesn't focus like it should for seeing up close (near sightedness). The right eye sees up close, the left eye sees in the distance (far sightedness).

If she's always had this quirk, it's likely a genetic or developmental issue instead of disease like Marek's.

There's no way to know if the condition will worsen in time. Possibly?? Only time will tell.
If she can see well to eat/drink on her own, is growing, seems happy within herself and is interacting with her flock, I'd enjoy her, she's quite cute. (I'd still monitor her too).

 

[Shadrach]

May I suggest you try this.
Make a fist with your hand. Looking at the top/thumb end, open up your forefinger so there is a small hole in the top of you fist and put the treat in that hole with a slightly looser grip than in the picture below.
I treat feed Henry like this who also has problems locating items on an open palm. This feeding technique can solve a lot of problems when hand feeding particularly when feeding a group where who snatches first gets.
I feed treats like this most of the time but it can be time consuming.