Effects of rearing experience and stimulus enrichment on feather damage in laying hens (1993)

Norgaard-Nielsen, G., Vestergaard, K., Simonsen, H. B.

Abstract

Rearing chicks with access to sand and peat for dustbathing reduced later tendencies to engage in feather pecking; straw enrichment [cut straw in baskets] for laying hens had a similar effect.

Published
1993

Animal Type
Bird, Chicken

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Citation
Norgaard-Nielsen, G., Vestergaard, K., Simonsen, H. B. 1993. Effects of rearing experience and stimulus enrichment on feather damage in laying hens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 38, 345-352.

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