New research: Why do blind chickens lay more eggs?
Published: July 17, 2007
Summary
A strain of chickens that are naturally blind start reproduction earlier and produce more eggs per cycle than their sighted counterparts, a University of Guelph researcher is finding. Now he’s working to understand what influences the increased production in blind birds. Animal science professor Gregoy Bedecarrats has been studying how light affects reproduction patterns in a flock of blind Smoke...
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26 de julio de 2007
Wonderful discovery. I am tempted to say I have always thought that at a certain stage in the laying birds, more day light or elongation of the light hours could stimulate the production of more eggs. I am interested in a detailed research.
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