Abstract: Mothers show similar warming and rejection levels and mother-chicks distances toward unrelated and related chicks. Related and unrelated chicks show similar behaviours toward the mother and similar distances between themselves. Related and unrelated chicks show no difference of emotional and social development after mothering.
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