Pecking at string by individually caged, adult laying hens: Colour preferences and their stability

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-23

  Jones, R Bryan ^a   Carmichael, Nina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chickens; Colour preferences; Environmental enrichment; Pecking behaviour; Pecking devices; String

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032191463     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(98)00151-8     Document Type: Article

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