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Main Problems
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Rearing, Young chicks
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3. Indoor and outdoor area: Indoor area not less
than 0.25 m2
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for young chicks, increased to 2 m2 at 3 months. The
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suitable outdoor area is 5 m2 for < 3 month old
chicks and
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10 m2 from 3-6 month old chicks (Kreibich and Sommer,
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1995).
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4. Different kinds of stresses (noise, cold, heat,
handling and
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disturbance) caused gastric stasis (impaction)
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(Huchzermeyer, 1998 and 2002).
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