chickens eating heads off

[chickenman486]

our friends got chicks a while back then when they were 8 weeks old they put them in a fenced in area in their coop. after about 3 days they let them in with 1 to 2 year old hens an the big hens ate the heads off of two of them and injured one.

 

[Eggcessive]

That sounds more like a predator, such as a raccoon or weasel. Chickens will peck chicks and kill them, but they are not known to eat the heads.

 

[chickenman486]

thanks

 

[ChicksChick16]

Also, they would need way more than 3 days before integrating them with an existing flock. There are good threads on here about how to do that... putting them next to each other so they can see/hear the other flocks but can't get to them, etc.

 

[chickenman486]

they did that and it worked

 

[ChicksChick16]

Sweet