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Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens
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  • Update Date: 16 Nov 2022
  • broiler chicken
  • meat chicken
  • chicken behaviour
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/ani12212988

Over 70 billion chickens are slaughtered globally each year. Almost all are meat breeds, typically housed in very large barns with a litter floor. Recently however, modern cage systems have been developed which provide very limited space and stack several tiers high. What are the implications for chicken welfare?

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Knight, A.;  Mace, J. Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/480 (accessed on 05 December 2025).
Knight A,  Mace J. Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/480. Accessed December 05, 2025.
Knight, Andrew, Jenny Mace. "Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/480 (accessed December 05, 2025).
Knight, A., & Mace, J. (2022, November 15). Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/480
Knight, Andrew and Jenny Mace. "Effects of Colony Cages on Chickens." Encyclopedia. Web. 15 November, 2022.
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