Table 1. Environmental provisions to each flock.
Farm | Under-floor heating | Lighting regimen (18 h continuous vs 16 h intermittent) | Flock | Space allowance (m2/chick started) | Environmental enrichment type (X indicates provision) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boxes | Peat | Wood shavings bales | |||||
1 | Yes | 18 h | 1 | 0.070 | X | X | X |
2 | 0.061 | X | |||||
2 | Yes | 18 h | 1 | 0.066 | X | X | X |
2 | 0.073 | X | X | X | |||
3 | No | 16 h | 1 | 0.057 | |||
2 | 0.073 | X | X | X | |||
4 | Yes | 18 h | 1 | 0.056 | |||
2 | 0.072 | X | X | X | |||
5 | Yes | 16 h | 1 | 0.057 | |||
2 | 0.072 | X | X | X | |||
6 | No | 18 h | 1 | 0.057 | X | X | X |
2 | 0.072 | X | X | X | |||
7 | Yes | 16 h | 1 | 0.068 | X | X | X |
2 | 0.058 | ||||||
8 | Yes | 18 h | 1 | 0.061 | X | X | X |
2 | 0.074 | X | X | X | |||
9 | Yes | 18 h | 1 | 0.063 | X | ||
2 | 0.071 | X | X | ||||
10 | No | 16 h | 1 | 0.072 | X | X | X |
2 | 0.060 | X | X | ||||
11 | No | 16 h | 1 | 0.062 | |||
2 | 0.071 | X | X | X | |||
12 | No | 18 h | 1 | 0.069 | X | X | X |
2 | 0.063 | X | |||||
13 | Yes | 16 h | 11 | 0.058 | X | X | |
2 | 0.060 | X | |||||
14 | Yes | 18 h | 1 | 0.060 | X | X | |
2 | 0.066 | X | |||||
15 | Yes | 18 h | 1 | 0.061 | X | X | |
2 | 0.063 |
1On-farm welfare assessment data missing from this flock.