Special Needs Chicken Cross Beak, Scissor Beak

Meet Chirp.

She is our special needs chicken. She has a deformity known as Cross Beak or scissor beak. Because of her deformity she can not eat independently. She can drink some water on her own but she has to work a little harder for it.

We make her food mixture by blending:
2.5 cups of chicken crumble (egg layer meal)
1/2 cup avian health shake
(https://www.springwateravian.farm/product/avian-health-shake/ )
5 eggs
(This will cover a few days of feedings)

We let it chill in the fridge for about a half hour and mold it into small pellets about 1 inch in length and 1/4" wide.

It takes some practice when you first start, but if you give it time you will both become comfortable with the process.