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My Dad wrote about cannibalism in his book on poultry production: it can be reduced by reducing crowding, feeding chickens whole oats, adding salt to their diet temporarily, or by debeaking them. Although debeaking looks bad, it actually solves the problem completely - and is routinely used in...

One way my Dad used to keep the chickens from pecking each other, (he was the Poultry Farm Advisor for UC Davis), was to "debeak" the upper beak of the birds. Although it sounds awful, and looks weird, it really works; Dad did it the whole time we had chickens as I was growing-up. They are still...

Hello, Have read that providing chickens with corn cobs and other items to peck will keep them occupied; I've seen a variety of toys to keep the chickens interested. I'd encourage you to look at MyPetChicken.com for more information, or simply Google "chicken toys". Good luck! :) Best, FarmersChild

In reading the threads about chicken cannibalism, I wanted to be sure to submit a small section my father wrote (while the Poultry Farm Advisor) here at UC Davis, California. [As mentioned in the very last line, below, my Dad used to remove about 1/2 - 2/3 of the top beak of our chickens in...

In reading the threads about chicken cannibalism, I wanted to be sure to submit a small section my father wrote (while the Poultry Farm Advisor) here at UC Davis, California. [As mentioned in the very last line, below, my Dad used to remove about 1/2 - 2/3 of only the top beak of our chickens...

In reading the threads about chicken cannibalism, I wanted to be sure to submit a small section my father wrote (while the Poultry Farm Advisor) here at UC Davis, California. [As mentioned in the very last line, below, my Dad used to remove about 1/2 - 2/3 of only the top beak of our chickens...