Does Meyer Hatchery de-beak their chicks?

[chickenbarn-gal]

I think it's horrible that they clip their beaks, what a painful procedure!

Do you know if Meyer's Hatchery Clip their beaks????

 

[fluffychickens]

I dont know if they do but I'm pretty sure clipping beaks dosent hurt chickens. People do it to show chickens and sometimes a chickens beak gets so long they cant eat properly.

 

[chickenbarn-gal]

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Yes, if it gets too long then you must, but only to a certain extent. Most hatcheries that de-beak their chickens cut too close to their nerves which can be extremely painful to the bird....... And I don't want my chickens to be de-beaked.

 

[Blue]

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Yes, if it gets too long then you must, but only to a certain extent. Most hatcheries that de-beak their chickens cut too close to their nerves which can be extremely painful to the bird....... And I don't want my chickens to be de-beaked.

Clipping and de-beaking are not the same thing. To answer your question, though, I don't think the hatcheries de-beak or clip the beaks of day old chicks, or at least I've never seen any that were like this. De-beaking is a procedure that is usually done to older chickens to keep them from feather picking the other chickens (which is usually only a problem if the chickens are in very cramped conditions), so it may be done to started pullets on occasion, but no chicks you order should be de-beaked.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

They won't debeak if you don't ask.

 

[chickenbarn-gal]

Thanks everyone! I just wanted to make sure before i ordered them

 

[Nambroth]

If you are ordering day-olds, then no, they will not de-beak unless you ask them to.

I don't know if they de-beak started pullets or not.