Pecking Order, and adding NEW chickens to the group As with any animal breed, there is a difinate pecking order with chickens. Dont be alarmed, just watch that they dont get carried away, and kill one of the group. If you want to add a new chicken or two to the group, go into the chicken house at night, and add the newcomers. Chickens dont count to well, and since they woke up with them in the morning, they figure they must know them. It works, try it.
Grocery stores are usually happy to save the clippings from the produce department.
You can throw in weeds, cuttings from bushes or trees, etc. Another thing to try, is throwing some meat scraps into the chickens. Chickens actually like a little meat now and then, and this will keep them satisfied, so they dont eat eachother. The comment on the tapeworms was in the section on poultry parasites and anthelmintics. Tapeworms are bad for chickens if the load gets too heavy.