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Janet · **(2014-02-20) New survey on the RFC site: Pasta**

In article >,
says...

> Chickens will eat just about anything that is not faster than their
> peckers.
> I don't remember if it was in this group or some other place where
> someone was complaining about chicks having their beaks nipped off
> shortly after hatching. The reason is that they will peck and hurt or
> kill each other.

It's an stress behaviour common in overcrowded intensive cage-farm
conditions.
Birds raised in higher welfare conditions rarely do it. The
Netherlands and UK will shortly implement a ban on beak trimming.

Janet UK