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9. I just looked up "Cannibalism in chickens", found an interesting scientific article.

Sun May 26, 2013, 08:35 AM

May 2013

Apparently it can be common in some flocks and non-existent in others, suggesting it may be a learned behavior and/or rooted in the protein-availability of the area the flock is in.

http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/range556/appl_behave/projects/chicken_cannibalism.html

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From the that's just wrong files... My chickens like to eat chicken nuggets [View all] JCMach1 May 2013 OP

my chickens got the last bits of mopinko May 2013 #1

Wouldn't that be kinda like Arkansas Granny May 2013 #2

Ummmm how much of a nugget is 'actually' chicken??? JCMach1 May 2013 #3

Chicken actually are cannibals. Chan790 May 2013 #4

We always had chickens when I was growing up, but I never saw that Arkansas Granny May 2013 #8

I think that is the difference Major Nikon May 2013 #10

When I was a kid, visiting a house where there were chickens, marzipanni May 2013 #21

When an army of zombie cannibal chickens rise up NightWatcher May 2013 #5

The scary part was they saw me coming with food... 21 chickens JCMach1 May 2013 #14

As my macaw says when she's munching on a drum stick, sarge43 May 2013 #6

My macaw loves munching on chicken legs. In_The_Wind May 2013 #7

She Who Must Be Obeyed has never met a food group she doesn't like. sarge43 May 2013 #11

She (Frodo) wants everything I eat or drink. In_The_Wind May 2013 #12

She who must be obeyed... Jeff R May 2013 #16

Very typical sarge43 May 2013 #19

Oh yes Jeff R May 2013 #20

I'm more fascinated pipi_k May 2013 #15

... Arugula Latte May 2013 #17

Chickens are also mousers. kaiden May 2013 #18