How To Care For A Chicken With Scissor Beak. This should help cut down on malnutrition which I read alot of people have happening to their chick before they try to supplement their diet. Be sure you feed your flock a balanced diet and limit treats if you are planning on incubating your own eggs.
This consists of applying gentle pressure using your fingers to the deviated top beak for 10 minutes two to three times a day. The trimming technique is the same as for parrot beak. OFF GRID with DOUG and STACY are talking CHICKENS.
Chickens maintain the length and shape of their beaks by wiping them on rocks or other abrasive surfaces while foraging but scissor beaked chickens have difficulty with this routine task.
Due to the severity of Esthers defect she cannot hone her beak length independently and we periodically trim it for her using dog nail clippers. He couldnt fit his beak into the wholes of a normal feeder. You can trim down the beak with dog nail clippers but you have to be careful not to trim too far down or it bleeds. When you are sure its down the right hole attach the syringe to the feeding tube and fill your chicken with goo.