2006-12-01 12:11:36 · 19 answers · asked by Stacey C 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Just 1, and it is used to assist with chipping out of the egg. After that I guess it just falls out.
2006-12-01 12:20:01 · answer #1 · answered by patti duke 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes only one it is an egg tooth it is on the outside of the beak to break the egg to hatch. It is only visable in the first few days, it falls off or gets absorbed into the beak as it changes shape. A parrot chick has a straight beak when it hatches and the beak grows hookbill afterwards.
If you are asking do they have teeth inside the mouth then no they do not ever, just 1 outside to hatch.
2006-12-01 19:20:29 · answer #2 · answered by Angie C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baby chicks don't have "teeth", they have beaks. But when they first hatch there is a sharp appendage on the end of the beak called an "egg tooth" that helps them crack out of their shell. It falls off within the first day of hatching.
Birds grind up food matter in their "crop", a hollow organ near the base of their throat that has a raspy-feeling interior. Chicks will also consume "grit" (little stones) that are also stored in the crop to help grind up the food they eat.
2006-12-01 14:24:43 · answer #3 · answered by Fetch 11 Humane Society 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Chicks have one tooth used for chipping out of their eggs, but they normally lose that one very early. And there's always the change of a mutant chicken... kinda like Kermit the frog with false teeth.
2006-12-01 12:24:24 · answer #4 · answered by Roasted Kiwi 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO, birds do not have teeth...this is part of thier specialization for flight, teeth and a jaw would be much too heavy, they would never get off the ground.
2006-12-01 14:01:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no Baby chicks do not have teeth but the do have a gezerd and that how they chew there food they will get grit or small part of sand and eat it and it go's to there gezard and it will grind there food for them
2006-12-01 12:22:59 · answer #6 · answered by master of none 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Have you given your bird false teeth that's the only way it will have any.
2006-12-05 08:50:34 · answer #7 · answered by Jag1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Birds do not have teeth
2006-12-01 12:15:04 · answer #8 · answered by naughtynnice 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Birds don't have teeth.
2006-12-01 17:21:38 · answer #9 · answered by St Harpy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no birds have teeth, but their beck is as strong as teeth and in wild rainforest birds its as hard as a rock
2006-12-01 12:20:34 · answer #10 · answered by Moony Black 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋