Did you know that beak trimming has been banned in some European countries and others are working towards banning the practice, following an EU welfare directive on the issue? Beak trimming is the partial removal of the tip of the beak, and results in a beak that is blunt or rounded at the end. Beak trimming is sometimes referred to as “debeaking”; however, at no time is the entire beak removed. Beak trimming is one of the most common methods utilised by the poultry industry (mainly the egg and turkey industries) to control the impacts of severe feather pecking. Severe feather pecking is a welfare problem where birds vigorously peck at and pull out the feathers of other birds. When birds are not beak trimmed, increased incidences of mortality and morbidity will occur due to cannibalism. Hot blade beak trimmer Welfare problems associated with cannibalism can be devastating. When performed correctly to industry standards, beak trimming has advantages. These include reduced: Fea
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