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For calmer chickens, bathe eggs in light

Incubating eggs in hours of light means chicks less skittish

chicken eggs incubating

GROUP LIFE Shining light on incubating eggs could make adult broiler chickens less fearful, a new study suggests.

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By Aylin Woodward

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