Development of dustbathing in bobwhite quail. I. Effects of age, experience, texture of dust, strain, and social facilitation

Development of dustbathing in bobwhite q

Development of dustbathing in bobwhite quail. II. Effects of early pecking experiences

✍ Peter L. Borchelt; Stephen R. Overmann 📂 Article 📅 1975 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 435 KB

## Abstract The development of dustbathing was facilitated among groups of Bobwhite chicks allowed to peck __into__ dust as compared to chicks allowed to peck __at__ dust or those inexperienced with dust. A 2nd study found a consistent, but nonsignificant, facilitation among chicks pecking into dus