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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: wayfarer on July 30, 2016, 07:02:02 pm

Title: Pekin hooked beak
Post by: wayfarer on July 30, 2016, 07:02:02 pm

I've got a 7 week old pekin chick that has a very hooked beak.  She is smaller than the other chicks and has always been that way but is growing so must be managing to eat and drink.  Is there anything I should do to make things easier for her? 

Title: Re: Pekin hooked beak
Post by: doganjo on July 30, 2016, 07:11:55 pm

If you really have to do it here's a youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAoPpBYyRLk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAoPpBYyRLk)

Title: Re: Pekin hooked beak
Post by: Marches Farmer on July 30, 2016, 08:23:47 pm

She's probably small because she's having difficulty in feeding.  Beak-trimming is something to be done very carefully.  I wouldn't breed from her.