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Pressure load on keel bone and foot pads in perching laying hens in relation to perch design
The provision of perches in housing systems for laying hens is meant to improve hens’ welfare by allowing a more natural behavior repertoire. However,…
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"Perches should be free of sharp edges and of a size that can be readily gripped by the claws but large enough in diameter that the bird’s toenails do not damage its footpad" "gently lifting broiler chicks resulted in a heightened willingness of chicks to ap-proach people and reduced fear responses after stressful events, but stroking chicks did not " "Laying hens prefer to dustbathe in fine-particle, friable substrates, such as sand and peat moss, than in coarse-particle substrates, such as wood shavings or sawdust, or Astroturf" "Once out-
breaks of feather pecking and cannibalism start, they are difficult to control because the behaviors are socially transmitted among birds in the flock; therefore, it is best to prevent their occurrence through early intervention." "Providing floor-housed chickens with cover in the
form of overhead vertical panels has been shown to
improve pen usage, increase resting and preening be-
haviors, and decrease the number of times that birds
disturb one another " "provision of shelters and canopies on
free-range areas has been found to increase range use
by chicken" "Other constraints on enrichment are
related to facility design, cost, sanitation, ease of man-
agement (including the amount of time and effort that
caretakers must put into maintaining the enrichment
program)"
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