Chicken Muzzle, 1938

A protective device to cover the chickens beak allowing it to eat but not to hurt others or itself, 1938.

Easily attached to a chicken’s beak, an aluminum muzzle prevents vicious picking, cannibalism and feather pulling. The muzzle is so delicately balanced that it automatically swings out of the way when the chicken lowers its head for eating and drinking, swinging back into a closed position when the bird raises its head. The device thus prevents the chicken from attacking others, or its own body.