New Hampshire Red chicks age 8 or 9 days and 22 or 23 days were tested once in an open field situation as trios or isolates. Locomotor activity and indices of emotion were recorded for a 5-min. observation period. Many birds remained inactive; of those who were active the older trios tended to make fewer emotional responses and to walk over more area.
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