The invention relates to a poultry cage comprising: a cage floor (10), preferably having a grid structure, end (11,13) and side walls (12,14) which extend upward from the cage floor and define all sides of an area where the animals are kept, an introducing device (50) for introducing litter material (51), which is disposed above the cage floor and from which the litter material can be dispensed from at least one discharge opening, wherein at least one section of the device for introducing litter is disposed between the side walls, a litter plate (60, 160) connected to the cage floor, which has an upwardly facing floor standing area, comprising one section (66) which lies above the at least one discharge opening and has fixing means for fixing the litter plate to the cage floor. According to the invention, the floor standing area has at least one abrasive surface section (62), the roughness of which serves to shorten the claws of the poultry walking thereon and to blunt the beaks of the poultry picking thereon.
