A Place to Be? Use of Winter Gardens with and without Automatic Enrichment Devices by Laying Hens
Since the abolition of beak trimming in laying hens in Germany, the importance of adequate enrichment material to help reduce feather pecking and cannibalism has grown. Here we tested an automatic enrichment device dosing grain via rough-coated pecking plates (PPs) on an organic farm, comparing its...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-04-01
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Series: | Applied Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/7/3650 |