I don't know Teresa. This is a rescue case we've brought in last week. The boys had minor de-beaking, something has been done to some of their eyes, they were wing clamped, and 3 of them had their combs cut off the day they were hatched - I guess the farmer guy said the cutting of their tiny combs would prevent the combs from growing. I'm guessing, because I am familiar with the standard practices of meat and egg production, but not parent bird facilities, that perhaps these boys were intended to be parent birds in a hatchery? I would love to find out more about this. There were hens originally with these boys, but the woman that originally rescued them thought she wouldn't have a problem finding homes for both boys and girls. They rehomed the hens without a problem of course.
The cold is freezing off the ends of some of their beautiful combs now. :-( We have a heater in there. It sucks, but those combs are just so big and exposed to handle the winter out here. Even if we have them all cozy at night, during the day they like to come out and scratch around, so they're bound to get frostbitten.
Is there anyone in this group that is familiar with parent stock in hatcheries and standard industry practice?
Jewel
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From: Teresa Shackelford <doublet@doubletjrt.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Eye Balls
May I ask why you cut a comb?
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Teresa,
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