I don't know what happens in the wild but I have seen this in the pen all the time, most every day, Even killing mice and stuff. they do in fact eat meat. I would Imagine they do some similar things in the wild but not sure. I have been told that it is good to have a 7 or 10 hens to 1 rooster ratio for optimal breeding I keep 7 to 1. And it works. I guess the wild birds may benifit from good ratios as well, kinda like manageing a white tail herd or something. I have never wittnessed this behavior in the wild even loging 1,000's of hours bow hunting, but it is worse in the spring say now, in the pen when none of us are sitting out there much watching nature. So it could be this time of year it happens in the wild too. But good luck getting some farmers that don't allow hunting to believe that one. :laugh: