2839 views As long ago as in 2000, worries about the thought that flocks of hens may have to have untrimmed beaks had already emerged. As a result of this, an enterprising egg producer agreed to see how hens would cope on a commercial farm when their beaks had not been trimmed. The results of this ‘trial’ were presented as a Poster Presentation at a conference of the Worlds Poultry Science Association in 2003. As well as the verbal presentation and the Posters, the results of this trial were summarised in ‘handouts’. These said:
