Installing Indoor Cat Tree

[chickweed]

Thanks for the welcome.

 

My two chooks arrived with their beaks already trimmed. I am wondering if they will grow into a more normal shape. I have had the chooks nearly five weeks and their beaks still appear the same, really peculiar !

 

It doesn't seem to bother them though. They eat everything that is put in front of them

[Egluntyne]

One of mine has a beak that looks a bit odd....I got her second hand so I'm not sure whether it has been trimmed or not. Anyway...it doesn't seem to stop her gallop so I've stopped worrying about her.

[cutechicky]

One of my chickens Pip, kept wiping it's beak on concrete to wipe away dirt from searching for bugs under trees and bushes. I noticed at the time that it's beak had been filed down! It did grow back after a while so I assume that both of your should do the same!

[harveypup]

All my girls had trimmed beaks but just like finger nails they grow back to a normal length in time

[lost-sheep]

our new white star has a clippedf beak.. i think only the top half is trimmed... she also has the wrong side of her wings clipped (at the back rather than the front flight feathers)??!! bit of a misfit poor thing!!

[foreveryoung]

errr why trimm their beaks?

[The Pearsons]

errr why trimm their beaks?

 

The caded birds have their beaks trimmed to stop them pecking each other..... yes I know they could have bumper bars fitted instead but that costs time and money and the caged bird farmers want maximum profit....

 

 

Helen in Hume

[Hen Watch]

When my 4 Omlet chickens arrived, one of them had a rounded top beak but rest didn't. She still has this. Not trimmed just damaged I think.

 

When I got a new chicken from an agent, her beak was normal but she has now managed to chip a bit off the top part and hers too is a bit rounded.

 

They both eat and drink fine (in fact they are the two that get to the food first - may be why their beaks are like this). My children prefer hand feeding these two as their beaks don't peck their hands so hard.