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[–] EherVielleicht@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some chicken breeds are more aggressive than others and will tend to peck weakened animals. In particular, lightweight breeds of egg-type chickens tend to be prone to cannibalistic behavior. Nutritional deficiencies. Nutrition also plays a role in cannibalism.

[–] EfficaciousSkink@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your own species provides complete nutrition!

[–] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also probably the same vulnerability to whatever parasite or virus they may have.

There's a reason cannibalism is rather rare in nature, it's not a very good behaviour for survival.

WTF are you talking about? Cannibalism is super common in nature.