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Promote natural pecking behavior and improve animal welfare. Use new PECKStones™, one of the best natural commercial poultry supplies, to prevent behavior problems with poultry.

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Aggressive, abnormal pecking behavior is a common and serious welfare and economic threat to poultry farming.

PECKStone™ poultry blocks can help decrease this harmful behavior, thus increasing poultry productivity!

Newer housing systems in poultry farming may increase feather pecking, incidences of skeletal injuries, and mortality1,2–one of the key current issues in the poultry industry.

  • 55-80% of producers report signs of feather pecking—many want to know how to stop feather pecking in chickens
  • Preventing poultry behavioral disorders is ideal
  • Once abnormal pecking starts, it’s very difficult to stop
  • It is critical to diagnose and intervene immediately to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism in chickens
This is one of the major current and future challenges of the poultry industry.

Environmental enrichment with poultry supplies and equipment can help:

  • Satisfy birds’ extremely strong desire to forage, scratch, and peck.
  • Minimize undesirable, harmful behavior, including aggression, feather pecking, cannibalism, flightiness, and distress.
  • Enhance animal welfare.

National and global poultry organizations have developed guidelines for poultry management that are increasingly focused on animal welfare and enrichment.

References:
1. Lay DC Jr., Fulton RM, Hester PY, et al. Hen welfare in different housing systems. Poult Sci. 2011;90:278-294.
2. Weeks CA, Nicol CJ. Behavioural needs, priorities and preferences of laying hens. Worlds Poult Sci J. 2006;62:296-307.
3. Blokhuis HJ, Wiepkema PR. Studies of feather pecking in poultry. Vet Q. 1998 Jan;20(1):6-9.

I’ve noticed that the birds with PECKStones have fuller feathers and seem less aggressive. It provides a distraction from pecking at each other. I prefer PECKStones to be in with the hens shortly after bird placement to prevent pecking before it starts. Egg production is high, and the marketer is happy. Not to mention they are so easy to use. I think they are a really useful tool to raise a humane bird.”

— Matt Meck, Featherton Farms