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Recent research knowledge has demonstrated that implementing evidence-based management strategies on farm reduces injurious pecking and levels of plumage damage and mortality (Lambton et al, 2013) and that the degree of uptake vaies between farms. There is further evidence that levels of plumage damage vary between farms but that these can improve with monitoring and provision of information by assurance schemes (Mullan et al, 2016). Thus a stakeholder group (BTAG) recommended that all farmers develop and implement action plans for reducing levels of injurious pecking. A recent study (Palczynski et al, 2016) exploring barriers to farmers implementing management strategies to control injurious pecking has indicated a need for impartial, evidence-based knowledge that not only enables them to recognise when they have a problem, but how to monitor it and take action. The project will therefore create knowledge transfer materials and opportunities and use best practice examples to inspire uptake of science-based and practice-based knowledge.