%0 Journal Article
%T Chicks change their pecking behaviour towards stationary and mobile food sources over the first 12 weeks of life: improvement and discontinuities
%A Kenneth J. Murphy
%A Thomas J. Hayden
%A John P. Kent
%J PeerJ
%D 2015
%I 
%R 10.7717/peerj.626
%X Chicks (Gallus gallus domesticus) learn to peck soon after hatching and then peck in rapid bursts or bouts with intervals of non-pecking activity. The food sources may be static such as seeds and chick crumb, or mobile such as a mealworm. Here, changes with age in pecking toward chick crumb and a mealworm were measured.
%K Chicks
%K Nutritional requirements
%K Pecking
%K Peck rate
%K Development
%U https://peerj.com/articles/626/