Question

The illustration below shows a practice in layer birds. Use them to answer the questions that follow.

1. What practice is represented above?
2. Which illustrated shows the right way of carrying out the practice.
3. State three reasons for carrying out the practice in poultry.

Answer 1

1. What practice is represented above? 
   • Debeaking
2. Which illustrated shows the right way of carrying out the practice. 
   • P
3. State three reasons for carrying out the practice in poultry. 
   • Reduction of egg eating and breaking of eggs
   • Controls cannibalism
   • Prevents injury from pegging or fighting
   • Reduction feed wastages
   • Reduction of feather pulling
   • Moderates pegging order which encourages greater uniformity in the flock.