debeaked
Had bill clipped
Debeaked describes a bird, usually a chicken or turkey, that has had part of its beak removed.
Commercial poultry operations debeak birds to prevent them from pecking and injuring each other in crowded conditions: The debeaked hens showed less aggression in the battery cages.
Animal welfare advocates consider the practice cruel.
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- activismDirect effort for reform
protest · ban · legislation · regulation · advocacy · morality · opposition · cage-free
Pressure, mental or vocal
- painBodily or emotional distress
- analgesicsDrugs that reduce pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
Young fowl for cooking
- turkeysLarge game birds
- henhousePoultry dwelling
- intensive-farmingHigh-input agricultural maximization
- uniformityState of being identical
Lower facial bone
- cauterizationBurning tissue medically
- pulletsYoung female chickens
- regrowthGrowing back again
cruelty
Deliberate harm-causing disposition
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
activism · protest · ban · legislation · regulation · advocacy · morality · opposition · cage-free · free-range
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- painBodily or emotional distress
- analgesicsDrugs that reduce pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
broilers
Young fowl for cooking
- turkeysLarge game birds
- henhousePoultry dwelling
- intensive-farmingHigh-input agricultural maximization
pinioning
Binding limbs to immobilize
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
mandible
Lower facial bone
- cauterizationBurning tissue medically
- pulletsYoung female chickens
- regrowthGrowing back again
debeakedintact
Not damaged or altered
unaltered · unmodified · whole · natural · unmutilated