{"id":2124,"date":"2017-10-01T15:46:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T14:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awecadvisors.org\/hennovation-guidelines-feather-pecking-in-laying-hens\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T17:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:51:47","slug":"hennovation-guidelines-feather-pecking-in-laying-hens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awecadvisors.org\/en\/farm-animals\/hennovation-guidelines-feather-pecking-in-laying-hens\/","title":{"rendered":"Hennovation GUIDELINES on feather pecking in laying hens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>D\u00e9borah Temple, Thea van Niekerk, Claire Weeks, Xavier Manteca<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/awecadvisors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Guidelines-Feather-Pecking-Hennovation-v3_FINAL.pdf\"><strong>Download PDF of the Hennovation Guidelines on feather pecking here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feather pecking occurs in most hens during laying and also during rearing in all production systems, and is especially difficult to control in cage-free systems, where this behaviour can spread rapidly. The behaviour of birds pecking other birds and pulling out their feathers is known as feather pecking. These <a href=\"https:\/\/awecadvisors.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Guidelines-Feather-Pecking-Hennovation-v3_FINAL.pdf\"><strong>GUILDELINES<\/strong> <\/a>talk about the main causes of feather pecking in laying hens and how we can prevent this problem.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feather pecking occurs within a majority of laying and rearing flocks and in all production systems being especially challenging in non-cage systems where it can spread rapidly. 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