creators_name: Hirt, Helen
creators_name: Hördegen, Philipp
creators_name: Zeltner, Esther
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2005-11-11
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:28:49
metadata_visibility: show
title: Laying hen husbandry: group size and use of hen-runs
ispublished: unpub
subjects: 9poultry
full_text_status: public
keywords: laying hen, animal husbandry, run management, behaviour, Biogeflügelhaltung
abstract: With regard to welfare reasons, various label productions limit the number of laying hens allowed per flock. The question arose whether the group size has an influence on the use of laying hen runs.
date: 2000
date_type: published
refereed: never
referencetext: Häne, M. (1999). Legehennenhaltung in der Schweiz 1998. Erhebung im Auftrag des Bundesamtes für Veterinärwesen (Forschungsprojekt 2.97.1). Schlussbericht. Maurer, V., Hirt, H., Hördegen, Ph. (2000). Laying hen husbandry: effect of run management on turf quality. In: IFOAM 2000 – The world grows organic: Proceedings of the 13th Scientific Conference, Basel, CH, in press.
citation: Hirt, Helen; Hördegen, Philipp and Zeltner, Esther (2000) Laying hen husbandry: group size and use of hen-runs. International IFOAM Scientific Conference, Basel, 28 to 31 August 2000. [ Unpublished, ]
document_url: http://orgprints.org/6266/1/Hirt-2000-hen.pdf