| Show cannibalism Is serious I 1 habit among hen flock what Is known kr own among poultry raisers of experience as cannibalism among hens bens Is in many cases it really serious proposition if a hen with nothing else to occupy her gets to pecking at one of her mates and perchance plucks a feather and that feather perchance Is it a new one and a little blood should appear another and an dimore more vigorous peck is made this time a real wound Is made and more blood is brought forth from this time on this old hussy becomes a veritable cannibal others of the lock flock are more than likely to join tier lier in this cannibalism and it tal takes es but a short while for them to actually get their victim down and tear tier her to pieces poultry experts of the ohio experiment station have found that trimming off the point of the under beak just about down to the quick will at once stop tile the mischievous work of nn an individual so treated sometimes it Is but necessary to trim one or two individuals that happen to be leaders in the trouble |
