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Old 03-30-2017, 12:23 PM   #7
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You can tell a stocked bird by the clipped beak. If you look closely at upthesaukee's last picture you can see the tip of the beak has been clipped. This is done while they are in captivity when young to keep them from killing each other while in pens. I raised pheasants for a number of years and they are brutally cannibalistic! Once blood is drawn that bird or area on the bird becomes the focus point for beak killings.

Airdales bird is either wild or was missed when beaks were clipped which is not uncommon.

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