Chicken comfort: Key to health, behaviour and performance

Chicken comfort is essential not just for welfare, but also for health, behaviour, and productivity. Key factors, including housing, nutrition, and lighting, when properly managed, can create conditions that support healthier birds, better performance and higher-quality poultry products. Increased stocking density has, in many cases, led to an increase in dermatitis, skin lesions and scratches. Feathering also begins to deteriorate due to the increased feather pecking and the degree of litter