Stray Chicken in friends yard, missing most of beak, What is she?

[Chicalinga]

A friend texted, a chicken has been hanging out in her yard for almost a day. She is backed up to the woods. No one in the neighborhood knows anything about the chicken or where it may have come from. They are gonna try a flyer. She's with us now and we have a few RI-R

for backyard chickens. I don't know what she is but she is missing 3/4 of her beak! She's been eating a ton and she layed a dark brown egg. The kids are calling her Dove, of all things! She's following my daughter all over the place!? Any thoughts or comments? Thanks for your help!

 

[abraga]

She looks like a factory farm bred orpington...poor thing...sometimes farms clip the top beak to prevent pecking...but that hen looks like both yop/bottom is gone.

 

[Mork.Mindy.Lucy.Maya]

So I would try to catch her and then take her to the vet she is a backyard chicken (and Rohde island red to be exact) and they tend to be really calm I would say u can eat her eggs If u want to. The fact that she is follow in your dahter around is probably because she feels safe. Her beak probably won't grow back.

 

[featherhead007]

????? I have no idea of that breed, but I have 2 hampshire reds with clipped beaks I bought out of sympathy, and I just love them. I do have to hand feed treats to them but I don't mind.

 

[gator75]

What a pretty egg. Looks like y'all need to expand the family by one, imho.

 

[Chicalinga]

She looks like a factory farm bred orpington...poor thing...sometimes farms clip the top beak to prevent pecking...but that hen looks like both yop/bottom is gone.

Thank you for your feedback, it does look like the top and bottom beak is gone. I just hope that wasn't or is in any pain. She seems OK and is eating but my daughter says she uses her tongue as well to do so.

 

[Chicalinga]

So I would try to catch her and then take her to the vet she is a backyard chicken (and Rohde island red to be exact) and they tend to be really calm I would say u can eat her eggs If u want to. The fact that she is follow in your dahter around is probably because she feels safe. Her beak probably won't grow back.

I think she is feeling safe. Thanks for you feedback.

 

[Chicalinga]

What a pretty egg. Looks like y'all need to expand the family by one, imho.

I think we will!

 

[Chicalinga]

????? I have no idea of that breed, but I have 2 hampshire reds with clipped beaks I bought out of sympathy, and I just love them. I do have to hand feed treats to them but I don't mind.

That's good to know about feeding treats! Thanks.

 

[lazy gardener]

I believe she is a production Red Sex Link. Such beak mutilation is often done on factory farms. She could be an escapee. Hatcheries also offer debeaking, and some folks who don't know any better opt to have their chicks debeaked. If you put her into your flock, you might want to do a prophylactic mite treatment.