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My first thought was that they had no idea it was a fox and were just trying to kill something. The reason poultry feed has to be scattered over a wide area is
by gatherhunterer 8y ago
My first thought was that they had no idea it was a fox and were just trying to kill something. The reason poultry feed has to be scattered over a wide area is that they will peck through other chickens, killing them in the process, before turning and eating from an open spot if they feel they need to compete for food. Turkeys are worse than chickens. An amish turkey farmer once told me that if you leave a bucket of feed with the turkeys you’ll end up with a bucket of dead, half-eaten turkeys and all of the feed you started with.
- koolba 8y agoYes it’s common to clip their beaks when they’re young to prevent nipping at each other.
- StavrosK 8y agoI understand that they'd kill each other, but why would they all kill each other, who eats them, and who puts the carcasses in the bucket? So many questions this raises...
- gatherhunterer 8y agoThey get into the bucket to get the food and are pecked to death by the one that climbs in on top of them, and so on.
- StavrosK 8y agoOh wow, that's brutal. Thanks for explaining.