I feel like this article has left me with more questions than answers...
Why are these needed, why do chickens attack each other? Did it work? Was it for the claimed reasons? Do we still use them? If not, why did we stop? And why are there no proper photos!
My qualifications: I worked on a chicken farm part time for about a year, almost 20 years ago.
Chickens attack each other because they're very hierarchical. If they're raised together then their dominance order gets established peacefully, but bringing grown chickens together often results in violence as they fight to establish their literal pecking order.
I'm just guessing that the glasses probably fell off a lot.
Industrial farms just cage them separately from each other. Smaller farms just deal with it, sometimes by separating the chickens that are being especially bullied from the rest of the flock. Ensuring that they all have plenty of space to run around in helps too.
I don't know if those worked. Blue kote was popular for a while, it colored chickens purple. But it has carcinogens. There's regular wound sprays now.
A big cause of wounds with chickens is breeding wounds from roosters. A way people avoid those specifically is by using something called a chicken saddle.
Worked at a home and farm goods store for five years. I will say blue kote still exists; I imagine/hope it’s less carcinogenic now than in prior batches
It's the same. It's not as widely used on chickens as it used to be for obvious reasons. I think it's okay on livestock that's not supposed to be eaten?
Actual rose+tinted glasses. Interesting.
I feel like this article has left me with more questions than answers...
Why are these needed, why do chickens attack each other? Did it work? Was it for the claimed reasons? Do we still use them? If not, why did we stop? And why are there no proper photos!
My qualifications: I worked on a chicken farm part time for about a year, almost 20 years ago.
Chickens attack each other because they're very hierarchical. If they're raised together then their dominance order gets established peacefully, but bringing grown chickens together often results in violence as they fight to establish their literal pecking order.
I'm just guessing that the glasses probably fell off a lot.
Industrial farms just cage them separately from each other. Smaller farms just deal with it, sometimes by separating the chickens that are being especially bullied from the rest of the flock. Ensuring that they all have plenty of space to run around in helps too.
I don't know if those worked. Blue kote was popular for a while, it colored chickens purple. But it has carcinogens. There's regular wound sprays now.
A big cause of wounds with chickens is breeding wounds from roosters. A way people avoid those specifically is by using something called a chicken saddle.
Not the chicken sex saddles...
Worked at a home and farm goods store for five years. I will say blue kote still exists; I imagine/hope it’s less carcinogenic now than in prior batches
It's the same. It's not as widely used on chickens as it used to be for obvious reasons. I think it's okay on livestock that's not supposed to be eaten?
Some people give their chickens Transitions glasses and they walk into the walls once they enter the coop