Feather pecking
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Feather pecking is a behavior that occurs most frequently amongst domestic hens reared for egg production, although it does occur in other poultry such as pheasants, turkeys, ducks, broiler chickens a
Feather pecking amongst laying hens. In the lower right of the picture, the white hen has lost her tail feathers and the brown hen has been feather pecked on the thigh and wing.
Blinders for poultry - From the U.S. Patent "Device to prevent picking in poultry" filed in 1935
Furnished cage
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A furnished cage, sometimes called enriched cage, colony cage or modified cage, is a type of cage used in poultry farming for egg laying hens. Furnished cages have been designed to overcome some of th
Young chickens inside a furnished cage
A 'colony cage' in the United Kingdom, 2020