
30/04/2025
🐣 New insights from early-life strategies to improve laying hen welfare!
We’re proud to share the work of Saskia Kliphuis (Utrecht University), whose thesis was developed within the EU Horizon2020 project PPILOW .
📘 Titled “Light and Larvae for Little Layers: Early-life strategies to improve welfare of laying hens on low-input and organic farms,” the thesis explores how small early-life changes—like exposing chicks to a light-dark cycle during incubation or providing live insect larvae as foraging enrichment—can have a meaningful impact on chicken behavior and stress resilience.
🔗 Learn more https://research-portal.uu.nl/en/publications/light-and-larvae-for-little-layers-early-life-strategies-to-impro