Bullying a chicken

If I post saying that I shot a racoon or bobcat, most people will say well done and congratulations, very few will say there are environmental factors that could be addressed instead. humans do a lot of things like wing clipping, dehorning, tail docking and ear cropping for far less convincing reasons than bullying. I only did it when an eye of a hen was punctured in spite of all favourable environmental factors.
 
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Beak trimming should not be a first line approach to controlling social strife. It is lazy and does not help with ultimate problem that is easily resolved more effectively by optimizing how the birds are kept.
 
I keep hens in the best conditions a hen can dream of. still they punctured the eye of a hen fighting for pasta
 
When i bring out fermented feed Gertie will peck at the hens on either side of her to get more. Cutting her beak never entered my mind. What did enter my mind was to spread it out so they werent all trying to get at the same pile. Behavior modified without mutilation.
 

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