Lola the twisted beaked hen

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Pretty Chick

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Lola the twisted beaked hen
« on: May 23, 2010, 09:43 »
Hi everyone,

I bought a seabright (I named her Lola) quite a while back, but there is one problem... her beak is completely twisted!!  :lol:
The breeder was going to dispose of her because of her deformed beak, but luckily we were going to buy some chickens that day and saved her life!
Lola is a very happy little girl, but has to eat ex bat crumb because she can't manage pellets. She sticks out her tounge and the crumbs get stuck to it  :D
Around once a month we have to clip her beak using our rabbit clippers otherwise she would find it even harder to eat.
When we feed the chickens a handful of corn, Lola knows she can't eat it, so doesn't even bother to try and runs off to fill herself up on ex bat crumb   :happy:

I thought I would share my experience with you all  ;)
All lives are precious.

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2010, 09:49 »
cool nice that you saved her  :) got any pics i dont really know what a twisted beak would look like
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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2010, 10:21 »
1 of my crested cream legbars has a twisted beak too. She manages to eat and drink fine though. I belive its a birth defect or caused through interbreeding (ie brother and sister) Glad Lola copes well with it, Loopy does  :D

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2010, 10:47 »
Thanks wolverine and Hayley  :D

got any pics i dont really know what a twisted beak would look like

I'm in London right now, but I'm travelling home later and I'll be more than happy to post a photo then  :)

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2010, 21:44 »
Sorry to everyone who's waiting for the photos of Lola's beak. I'm not able to post the photos of her as the sizing is too big or something like that  :tongue2:   ::)  :lol:

Many apologies  ;)

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2010, 07:49 »
I use this to resize pictures 8)

http://pixresizer.en.softonic.com/

Spider :)

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2010, 19:18 »
Thanks Spider, very helpful  :)

Here's Lola:
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« Last Edit: May 27, 2010, 17:07 by Pretty Chick »

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2010, 19:44 »
Looks like if the top half of the beak was trimmed a bit it would help a lot with feeding.

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2010, 20:00 »
Yes, those photos were taken quite a while back and just before she had her monthly clip.

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2010, 21:26 »
Oh bless! What a sweetheart. Loopy's beak isnt as bad as Lola's

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2010, 23:23 »
have u tried her on layers mash, it is kinda powdery and easier to lick.
ps it can also happen at point of hatching....i had a perfick little chick, beak pipped out etc, and her brothers and sisters rolled her around in the incie  :mad: and bent her beak. She didnt hatch after that  :(

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2010, 07:26 »
Oh bless! What a sweetheart. Loopy's beak isnt as bad as Lola's

Thanks, I do feel sorry for Lola (as you can see, she looks quite ugly because of her beak  :(  :lol:) and it's nice to hear that Loopy gets along okay too  :)

have u tried her on layers mash, it is kinda powdery and easier to lick.

I don't think we have tried layers mash, I 'll look in to it. Thank you TeaPots  :happy:

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2010, 07:46 »
I've a goose with a crooked beak.

Will try and get a picture of him and post later.

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Re: Lola the twisted beaked hen
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2010, 08:44 »
I hope she'll continue to do well and thrive. Bless her  :D

My hen has a split in her beak and one bit is shorter than the other. I never noticed it when I bought her but it became more noticeable as she got older. It doesn't seem to cause her any problems though


 

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