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Rearing
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Rearing book
Rearing
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Rearing book
BySaint
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1996
Imprint Routledge
Pages 5
eBook ISBN 9780203038734
ABSTRACT
Proceduresusedinchickrearingwillinfluencethesuitabilityof chickseitherforbreedingstock,orforreleaseintothewild. Importantfactorsincludediet,whichinfluencesphysicaldevelopment,andthesocialenvironmentduringrearing,whichmay determinefuturesurvivalskillsandsocialintegrationonceinthe wild.Twomethodswereusedtorearchicks:(1)byfemalescaged inthebreedingunit,and(2)byhand.
