rooster forcing hens<\/a> to do it”- roosters don’t directly cause cannibalism, stress is usually the root.<\/p>\n“If they eat eggs it must be nutritional deficiency” – not always, other factors like stress can cause egg\/chick eating.<\/p>\n
“There’s a bad chicken in the flock making others do it” – while some individuals may be predisposed, it’s rarely one “bad apple”.<\/p>\n
“It means unhealthy chickens” – it depends, cannibalism isn’t always due to illness and healthy flocks can still exhibit it occasionally.<\/p>\n
“As long as they have food\/shelter it won’t happen” – other stressors like noise, mingling unfamiliar flocks can still cause issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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