Wax_Crayon
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Hi team,
Our much pampered flat-chicken, cause of a million problems, appears to have a small vertical crack running up from the centre of her beak. It's about 3mm in length.
Tried to get a photo this morning but she wouldn't hold still (and I'd have to create a flickr account or something to show it to you, but if I were to try to paint it, it would look like below (with dots added to make things line up):
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It probably comes from pecking on our hard floor (we try to keep her off the carpets because she poos everywhere).
My concern is that if the crack continues to spread upwards we could have a serious problem.
However, I've heard batteries get their beaks clipped/cut to take the end off, and this, done above the crack, might prevent it spreading. (We'd have the vet do it.)
What do you all think?
Our much pampered flat-chicken, cause of a million problems, appears to have a small vertical crack running up from the centre of her beak. It's about 3mm in length.
Tried to get a photo this morning but she wouldn't hold still (and I'd have to create a flickr account or something to show it to you, but if I were to try to paint it, it would look like below (with dots added to make things line up):
\..../
.\|/
It probably comes from pecking on our hard floor (we try to keep her off the carpets because she poos everywhere).
My concern is that if the crack continues to spread upwards we could have a serious problem.
However, I've heard batteries get their beaks clipped/cut to take the end off, and this, done above the crack, might prevent it spreading. (We'd have the vet do it.)
What do you all think?