ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2020
Rearing Enrichments Affected Ranging Behavior in Free-Range Laying Hens.
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- Setting the stage to tag "n" track: a guideline for implementing, validating and reporting a radio frequency identification system for monitoring resource visit behavior in poultry.Poultry science · 2023Guideline
- Rearing enrichment affects perching behaviour and bone strength in pullets and in free-range hens varying in range use patterns.Veterinary and animal science · 2025Article
- Low levels of chicken body louse (Menacanthus stramineus) infestations affect chicken welfare in a cage-free housing system.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- An Initial Study on the Use of Machine Learning and Radio Frequency Identification Data for Predicting Health Outcomes in Free-Range Laying Hens.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Commercial layer hybrids kept under organic conditions: a comparison of range use, welfare, and egg production in two layer strains.Poultry science · 2022Article
- Commercial Free-Range Laying Hens' Preferences for Shelters with Different Sunlight Filtering Percentages.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Impacts of Rearing Enrichments on Pullets' and Free-Range Hens' Positive Behaviors across the Flock Cycle.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Relationship between sunlight and range use of commercial free-range hens in Australia.PloS one · 2022Article
- 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
- Relationship between Range Use and Fearfulness in Free-Range Hens from Different Rearing Enrichments.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Cecal Microbiota of Free-Range Hens Varied With Different Rearing Enrichments and Ranging Patterns.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- A Perspective on Strategic Enrichment for Brain Development: Is This the Key to Animal Happiness?Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Relationships Between Rearing Enrichments, Range Use, and an Environmental Stressor for Free-Range Laying Hen Welfare.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Within Australia, free-range systems are prevalent, but pullets destined for range access are reared indoors. This mismatch between rearing and layer housing may hinder adaptation to the free-range environment. Rearing enrichments could enhance pullet development. A total of 1,386 Hy-Line Brown® chicks were reared inside an experimental facility across 16 weeks with 3 enrichment treatments including (1) a control group with standard floor-housing, (2) a novelty group providing novel objects that changed weekly ("novelty" hens), and (3) a structural group with custom-designed H-shaped structures including opaque sides ("structural" hens). At 16 weeks of age, all pullets were leg-banded with microchips and moved to an experimental free-range system with 9 identical pens (
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