What makes free-range broiler chickens range? In situ measurement of habitat preference

By Marian S. Dawkins, P. Cook, Mark J. Whittingham, Katherine A Mansell, Amy Harper. 2003

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A review of key health-related welfare issues in organic poultry production (2009, background): “The number of birds found to be ranging outside was positively correlated with the amount of tree cover on farms rearing slower growing broilers (Dawkins et al., 2003).”
Effect of range enrichment on performance, behavior, and forage intake of free-range chickens (2014, background): “[12], who observed a higher activity in summer, although chickens ranged outside also the winter months at any time of day.”
Sources of stress in captivity (2007, background): “Pigs housed in barren pens, for example, direct more chewing and rooting behaviors at penmates than do pigs raised in pens with deep straw bedding (de Jong et al., 1998).”