Clipping Beaks

[mcdaid72000]

Do not clip their beaks. It's painful for them, and it prevents them from eating and drinking properly.
What method did you use introduce the chicks?

Method?

 

[mcdaid72000]

Did you keep the chicks separate, but where the older hens could see them?
Did you let them free range under supervision?
Did you just put the chicks in and hope for the best?

How did you integrate the new babies?

Option 1 and 2.

 

[mcdaid72000]

Clipping beaks will not stop the older chickens from being mean to the youngsters. Clipping more than just the beak tip is not something we are behind on this site, generally speaking. And trimming only the tip doesn't accomplish much and it grows back in just a few weeks anyway. Beak trimming risks cutting into the quick and I can assure you, the chicken experiences excruciating pain when that happens, in addition to profuse, hard to stop bleeding.

If you provide lots of space when introducing new chickens, it will help a lot. If you provide partitions in your run and vertical escapes such as elevated platforms and perches, that can help a lot.

In the future, begin integration of new chicks at two or three weeks of age with a "panic room" setup, and the older chickens will have a much easier time accepting them.

What is the quick? Where is the quick? Thought it was only in claws like cats and dogs.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Where is the quick?

Nobody here is going to support you clipping the beaks. Use the search function and put the word integration and put in the time and effort to get it right.