All My Chickens..... a coop opera!

[WhoDatChick]

This was the worst one

 

[RoyalChick]

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Oh no! That is horrible.
I don’t have any experience so can’t be of any help but if they went at each other when in that sort of state I guess they really have to stay separated.
So sad.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Oh no! That is horrible.
I don’t have any experience so can’t be of any help but if they went at each other when in that sort of state I guess they really have to stay separated.
So sad.

Yes, for sure… it is sad because he cry’s for me when I go near cuz he’s all alone… and today I tried to put them together and they were locked on each other! So if I had put him down they would’ve definitely started fighting! I posted him on a FB group in my area… maybe someone will take him

 

[MaryJanet]

Yes, for sure… it is sad because he cry’s for me when I go near cuz he’s all alone… and today I tried to put them together and they were locked on each other! So if I had put him down they would’ve definitely started fighting! I posted him on a FB group in my area… maybe someone will take him

Is he nice towards the pullet chicks? Maybe one of the little girls can keep him company?

 

[cavemanrich]

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Clip the hook portion off the top beak. This way they are not able to harm each other. No guarantee, but worth a try. Then file the top clipped portion with an emery board, or sandpaper, so the edges are rounded. Use people nail clippers if handy.
I do such to my more aggressive hen, so she does not harm my baby Serama. Serama is full grown,, but the bottom of pecking order, and tiny.
I do reclip it as it grows back. Chicken is able to drink, eat, but not able to grab feathers out with beak like that.

The black line shows where to clip. The hook portion gone, then no more weapon.

 

[RoyalChick]

Clip the hook portion off the top beak. This way they are not able to harm each other. No guarantee, but worth a try. Then file the top clipped portion with an emery board, or sandpaper, so the edges are rounded. Use people nail clippers if handy.
I do such to my more aggressive hen, so she does not harm my baby Serama. Serama is full grown,, but the bottom of pecking order, and tiny.
I do reclip it as it grows back. Chicken is able to drink, eat, but not able to grab feathers out with beak like that.

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The black line shows where to clip. The hook portion gone, then no more weapon.

But painful!
Lots of nerve endings in the beak.

 

[cavemanrich]

But painful!
Lots of nerve endings in the beak.

Apparently not the way I do it. I don't cut into the quick. Just in the nail type portion of beak.
I do clip chickens' feet nails when that grow too long, over winter. Lack of scratching in the soil to naturally wear them down.
The way I drew the line, shows clipping just the nail type portion of top beak.
When I gently clip my chickens' beak, she does not react with a pain gesture at all.
Yes, I have seen gross clippings on roosters that were at the butcher shop. Those were MUCH more higher clips than what I do.

 

[WhoDatChick]

Clip the hook portion off the top beak. This way they are not able to harm each other. No guarantee, but worth a try. Then file the top clipped portion with an emery board, or sandpaper, so the edges are rounded. Use people nail clippers if handy.
I do such to my more aggressive hen, so she does not harm my baby Serama. Serama is full grown,, but the bottom of pecking order, and tiny.
I do reclip it as it grows back. Chicken is able to drink, eat, but not able to grab feathers out with beak like that.

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The black line shows where to clip. The hook portion gone, then no more weapon.

Oh wow.. that is good to know but I am probably to chicken to do it… pardon the pun

 

[cavemanrich]

Oh wow.. that is good to know but I am probably to chicken to do it… pardon the pun

If you have any questions,, I can answer them.
Here is a YouTube video showing what I do.
If there are 2 people to do it,, its that much easier.
I'm usually doing it by myself,, so I slip chicken into a bag with a hole for the head to stick out. Then I wrap bag snug, so chicken does not wiggle, and scratch me with feet.