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Spatial Cognition and Range Use in Free-Range Laying Hens.
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- Moving hens into cages affects cognitive performance, extinction learning and motivation for rewards.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2026Article
- Environmental change or choice during early rearing improves behavioural adaptability in laying hen chicks.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Intra-individual variation of hen movements is associated with later keel bone fractures in a quasi-commercial aviary.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Farm Environmental Enrichments Improve the Welfare of Layer Chicks and Pullets: A Comprehensive Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
- Welfare issues and potential solutions for laying hens in free range and organic production systems: A review based on literature and interviews.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
- Foraging Behavior Shows Individual-Consistency Over Time, and Predicts Range Use in Slow-Growing Free-Range Male Broiler Chickens.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Combining Animal Welfare With Experimental Rigor to Improve Reproducibility in Behavioral Neuroscience.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Review
- Pullet Rearing Affects Collisions and Perch Use in Enriched Colony Cage Layer Housing.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Smaller brains in laying hens: New insights into the influence of pure breeding and housing conditions on brain size and brain composition.Poultry science · 2020Article
- Relationships Between Rearing Enrichments, Range Use, and an Environmental Stressor for Free-Range Laying Hen Welfare.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Cell Proliferation in the Adult Chicken Hippocampus Correlates With Individual Differences in Time Spent in Outdoor Areas and Tonic Immobility.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Uninhibited chickens: ranging behaviour impacts motor self-regulation in free-range broiler chickens (Biology letters · 2020Article
- A review of environmental enrichment for laying hens during rearing in relation to their behavioral and physiological development.Poultry science · 2019Review
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- A Framework to Assess the Impact of New Animal Management Technologies on Welfare: A Case Study of Virtual Fencing.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2018Article
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Abstract
Radio-frequency identification tracking shows individual free-range laying hens vary in range use, with some never going outdoors. The range is typically more environmentally complex, requiring navigation to return to the indoor resources. Outdoor-preferring hens may have improved spatial abilities compared to indoor-preferring hens. Experiment 1 tested 32 adult ISA Brown hens in a T-maze learning task that showed exclusively-indoor birds were slowest to reach the learning success criterion (
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