Feather pecking in domestic chicks: its relation to dustbathing and foraging (1997)

Huber-Eicher, B., Wechsler, B.

Abstract

The presence of an appropriate substrate for dustbathing [sand] does not prevent domestic chicks from developing feather pecking. On the other hand, housing conditions that promote foraging behaviour [straw] are effective in reducing and preventing feather pecking.