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Farm Animal Welfare in Organic Poultry Production - Laying
Hens
- NEW!! Canada-wide Discussions About Battery Cages for Laying Hens (BCSPCA)(Ext)
- Animal Welfare and Eggs – Cheap Talk or Money on the Counter? (Res)
- Developing a welfare assessment system for use in commercial organic egg production (Res)
- Effect of housing system on performance and egg quality characteristics in laying hens (Res)
- Farm Assessment Checklist – Laying Hens (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
- Free-range poultry production - A review (Res)
- Guidance for organic poultry production (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
- How to motivate laying hens to use the hen run? (Res)
- Increased foraging in organic layers (Res)
- Influence of rearing and lay risk factors on propensity for feather damage in laying hens (Res)
- Laying hen welfare standards: a classic case of 'power to the people' (Res)
- Plumage scoring for laying hens (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
- Practical alternatives to battery cages for laying hens (Compassion in World Farming) (Ext)
- Reducing the risk of feather-pecking for laying hens in organic egg production (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
- Use of the range area in organic egg production systems: effect of climatic factors, flock size, age and artificial cover (Res)
- Welfare of organic laying hens (Res)
- Welfare standards for organic and 'free-range' chickens and eggs (Soil Association) (Ext)