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Should chickens be allowed to eat eggs and shells I've heard that the may start an undersireable habit of pecking their own eggs?
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∙ 13y ago
They should never be allowed to eat raw eggs, as it almost always results in egg pecking behavior. This behavior can be corrected in several ways, including separating the chicken for a few days in a place that has only fake, plastic eggs, not real ones. However, it's much better to try and avoid that behavior all together. Even if an egg accidentally breaks, do not let the chickens eat it. Either take if away if you can or smear it into the dirt. Chickens can, however eat cooked eggs, and crushed egg shells. Just make sure the shells have dried out and there is no wet egg left inside, or at least very little left. Then you can crush the shells (they don't even have to be crushed that much), and the hens will eat them and create some new egg shells.
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I Personally do not think you should, but if the pecking is a very large problem, that draws blood or that is preventing you from caring for them, you can get ones that stop them pecking people and still let them eat :)
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give the two big chickens a right good telling off
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You have recently bought two chickens POL for your backyard and are horrified that their beaks are trimmed Will this affect their ability to forrage for fruit fly larvae?
No this will not deter them from eating anything. Beak trimming is done with many chickens and unless specified not to, it is done when orders are placed for birds from hatcheries. As long as they have half the normal length of beak they should do fine. The reason it is done is it helps prevent feather pecking and cannibalism in small enclosures.
A stray white duck showed up to our farm can I put in with my chickens 23 with 1 rooster Been feeding chicken stratch to duck with other scraps is this Ok Duck always hangs outside of chicken area?
Ducks can live among the chickens. It will be subject to the pecking order and may get some abuse from the rooster. Any new bird introduced to the flock is exposed to some aggression. Ducks don't roost like chickens so will not be competing for roosting space. You should allow the duck access to water.
What causes other chickens to peck at the butt of another and cause it to bleed and lose feathers?
I would imagine that this is the pecking order. This is the rating of each hen that says how important they are in the group. If there is a cockerel he will instantly assume top position. Then come the bigger stronger hens. This is where the pecking comes in. The chickens peck one another to determine which of them should get second place ad third place etc. etc. Once the pecking order is set, the hen in first position has priority over food,space etc. Every now and again the high rated hens will peck at the lesser important ones to keep them in their place if they try to eat before their turn. Have you recently added or removed a hen to or from your flock of hens. This then sets of the whole cycle again.n This is probably why your hens are getting pecked. I hope this is useful Thanks
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