20.07.2015

Because feather pecking and cannibalisms often occur in laying hen and fattening turkey flocks, the poultry industry has resorted to beak trimming for decades in order to prevent severe plumage damage and high mortality rates that do not only cause animal suffering, but can also lead to considerable economic losses.
Now, Germany decided to cease all beak-trimming effective August 1, 2016, and to stop stocking pullets with trimmed beaks from 1 January 2017.
The intended ban imposed by Germany will extend to day-old infrared beak treatment.