The Role of Trees in Poultry Range Enrichment

This poster sets out the potential benefits and uses of trees in free range settings for poultry.

The poster looks at:

• The architectural elements of trees that can be used to provide benefits to free range poultry (ie spatial structure, vertical barriers, overhead cover)
• On site practices using trees in the authors own free range poultry space to increase - biomass, soil health, and microfauna biodiversity for increased poultry welfare.
• Mutuality where poultry care (watering etc) and sustainable manure/litter management benefit tree health.
• A number of studies into the benefits of the services provided by trees such as structure shade and forage
• A number of studies that demonstrate increased use of the range by poultry where tree and shrub cover is available