A spatial factor influencing food consumption in laying hens
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in British Poultry Science
- Vol. 18 (5) , 527-529
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00071667708416397
Abstract
1. A reduction in the number of cages occupied by laying hens in a row of battery cages lead to a mean increase in food intake per bird of about 4% compared with birds housed in similar rows in which all the cages were occupied.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Effects of group size on the feeding behaviour and growth of chicksBritish Poultry Science, 1975
- Social Forces Determining Spacing and Head Orientation in a Flock of Domestic HensNature, 1963
- Social behaviour studies on domestic animals. I. Hens in laying cagesAustralian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1961