Permanent split beak?

[Noraaaaa]

Okay so this hen has had a split beak since November and I was wondering if its permanent. How can I fix it or will it just be like this?

@MysteryChicken

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

that's strange. was it caused by an injury? is the animal's beak growing in solid or split? do you have an image of the original split?

 

[Noraaaaa]

that's strange. was it caused by an injury? is the animal's beak growing in solid or split? do you have an image of the original split?

I don't think so. I bought her in November from a breeder as a starter breeder hen (I was adding a breeding flock of wyandottes), and she mentioned the beak but did not tell me if it was permanent. Its growing in solid at top then it splits.

Thats the first picture I have of her. The pictures above in the thread are from early January but since then I think it may have gotten better but not a lot.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Okay so this hen has had a split beak since November and I was wondering if its permanent. How can I fix it or will it just be like this?

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@MysteryChicken

That's just the very tip. The tip is like a finger nail. There's a quick underneath(Nailbed), if that gets damaged internally it could result in something like this.

If it's just a chip in the tip of the beak, it should be able to be corrected by clipping, or filing back the tip as it grows out.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

I don't think so. I bought her in November from a breeder as a starter breeder hen (I was adding a breeding flock of wyandottes), and she mentioned the beak but did not tell me if it was permanent. Its growing in solid at top then it splits. View attachment 4092275
Thats the first picture I have of her. The pictures above in the thread are from early January but since then I think it may have gotten better but not a lot.

it looks like it's gotten better over time.

 

[Noraaaaa]

it looks like it's gotten better over time.

Yeah I think it has.

 

[Noraaaaa]

That's just the very tip. The tip is like a finger nail. There's a quick underneath(Nailbed), if that gets damaged internally it could result in something like this.

If it's just a chip in the tip of the beak, it should be able to be corrected by clipping, or filing back the tip as it grows out.

It has a medium deep line that I can feel on it though.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Straight on that looks like a permanent split that most likely occurred at hatch and is a mutation. Especially with the way the groove runs so far up. Breeders often only sell birds that don’t meet their breeding standard. My guess is the breeder did not want the possibility of that trait being passed on and culled her.

 

[Noraaaaa]

Straight on that looks like a permanent split that most likely occurred at hatch and is a mutation. Especially with the way the groove runs so far up. Breeders often only sell birds that don’t meet their breeding standard. My guess is the breeder did not want the possibility of that trait being passed on and culled her.

Interesting! I didn't know that split beaks could get passed down!

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Interesting! I didn't know that split beaks could get passed down!

Any physical deformity that presents itself at hatch has the potential to be passed down especially beak issues. For this reason I will not breed any chickens that show physical deformities. If they do have deformities they get eaten if a cockerel or their deformity will affect their ability to live comfortably, put in with my table egg layers if a pullet or are given away with the caveat that they should never be bred.