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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chickadeedeedee" data-source="post: 1521122" data-attributes="member: 31336">Have good news and not so good news today. Good news: One of the chicks took his first flight today! :t:  It was just a short flight from the carrier where the chicks live to my shoulder but we're flying! :t:Not so good news: The chick with the beak problem isn't better with my attempts to guide it back in the right direction. I don't see how my attempts could resolve his problem. I'm thinkin' he maybe had a fracture involving the growth plate of the jaw(s) causing premature closure or delayed growth of one side and as the chick continues to grow the condition will worsen.He *might* need to have surgery and some acrylic put in to re-shape the beak after he's done growing.  But for now that's all speculation and I'm just thinking out loud as far as what the future may hold for this little one. Surely we want to exhaust every avenue to ensure he could be released and make a living ... happy, healthy and wild!</blockquote>