What makes free-range broiler chickens range? In situ measurement of habitat preference
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The factors that affect the numbers of birds ranging in forty flocks, each of twenty-thousand growing broiler chickens, Gallus gallus domesticus, is investigated. It was found that the number of birds to be ranging outside was positively correlated with the amount of tree cover the range area contained, the time of day and the season of the year.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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Effects of density on perching behavior of broiler chickens
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A study investigating the relationship between the perching patterns of broiler chickens and the density of the chickens in the pens is presented.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Forced to crowd or choosing to cluster? Spatial distribution indicates social attraction in broiler chickens
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A study on clustering behavior of broiler chickens, using computer simulations, is presented.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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