Poor things! Advice for debeaked pullets I got today

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I would think that the only market for de-beaking would be for large volume commercial set ups. This gives me one more very good reason for not supporting that industry. I would first try educating as small flock owner and then if that didn't change things I would report a person that was doing this on purpose. The only reason it is done in large commercial farms is because the birds do not have adequate space. I too would willingly do rescue for any hen that had this happen to them.
 
I have 5 ex battery girls that are debeaked, I've had them over a year now, I don't do a thing differently than I do with my normal beak gals, and it turns out they are just fine. They only difference I notice is they can't tear foods, like grapes, etc. But they do fine with there layer pellets.

Here's a picture of my favorite gal Pesky, the white rock.
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Good news... my new pullets (the subject of this post) are starting to come closer to me while I sit in the run. The pullet who has the worst of the de-beaking, now known as Beatrice, is showing a lot of personality
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She's getting within inches of me and has even touched me a few times. I resisted the urge to reach out and touch her as I am sure she will run off.

She even came up to my daughter when she approached the run. It is a joy to see them experiencing things for the first time such as people food and crickets
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We are falling in love with our new little girls
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agreed
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I think our only hope is for more and more people to get chickens as pets, and sell eggs to their neighbors (the way things used to be before all this industrial madness started).
 

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