Broken beak

[ratbag66]

My father-in-law has an aviary and his cockatiels have produced two gorgeous offspring.  These birds are fledglings now and he has noticed that one of them has broken a large section off of the top part of it's beak - this isn't a problem for it now as it is still being fed by it's parents, but it will not be able to eat seeds by itself.

Will it manage on a diet of soft foods, or is it going to have to be put down?

[Goofy]

A useful site for all poultry queries is the practical poultry forum.

http://www.practicalpoultry.co.uk/forum/

someone always knows the answer

[ratbag66]

Thanks for the reply Goofy, but a cockatiel is a parakeet so I'm not sure a poultry forum will be any use unfortunately.

[londondave]

http://www.tailfeathersnetwork.com/community/  

try posting that question there or here

http://www.parrot-link.co.uk/forum/default.asp