The vet has tried the procedure before but last time the glue took too long to dry and the beak fell off.

BBC: Beaky Becky: The bird with a new prosthetic beak

"We had rescued hens whose beaks had re-grown, but they were deformed like scissors - where the top beak grows off to one side, " she said.

BBC: Beaky Becky: The bird with a new prosthetic beak