General Behaviors and Perching Behaviors of Laying Hens in Cages with Different Colored Perches

Color is one of the perch properties. This study was conducted to investigate the general behaviors and perching behaviors in laying hens under different group size (stocking density), and to understand the perch color (black, white or brown) preference of hens during the night. A total of 390 Hylin...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: D. H. Chen, J. Bao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2012-05-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/25-92.pdf