On 24/05/2012 2:52 PM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
like a deal at the time. We only did it once.
>
> Several ended up on the *very* bottom of the pecking order. Because
> there was no place to run, they were pecked to death. Yuck.
>


Some people are unaware of a process done to hatchlings while others
misunderstand the reason for it. Newly hatched chickens are debeaked.
About 1/2 of the beak is snipped off. While it sounds cruel, it is done
to prevent them from harming, even killing and eating each other.