Comment by chmod775
No. Chickens have a tendency to gang up on sick and injured chickens and quite literally peck them to death.
This has been observed long before we started cramming them into tiny spaces, but it certainly doesn't help.
No. Chickens have a tendency to gang up on sick and injured chickens and quite literally peck them to death.
This has been observed long before we started cramming them into tiny spaces, but it certainly doesn't help.
As a rural guy can confirm.
Also, the males, become quite agressive past 4 months of age. They also grow sizeable spurs hard as nails, usually these are trimmed if you have more than one rooster. Roosters will attempt to kill chicks occasionally, although they usually do a great job protecting them from predators. They are able to scare foxes sometimes :)