The effects of novel floorings on dustbathing, pecking and scratching behaviour of caged hens (2005)

Merrill, R. J. N., Nicol, C. J.

Abstract

Birds on litter or string [conventional wire wrapped with garden twine] showed a greater total duration of dustabathing than those on rubber [perforated rubber matting], and birds on litter had a richer repertoire of dustbathing elements.