The effect of quality and availability of foraging materials on feather pecking in laying hen chicks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 861-873

  Huber Eicher, Beat ^a,b   Wechsler, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Zoologisches Institut   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICK; DOMESTIC HEN; FEATHER PECKING; PECKING;

GALLUS GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0032055928     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0715     Document Type: Article

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