| Yazarlar (3) |
Prof. Dr. Atilla TAŞKIN
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Ufuk Karadavut
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
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Ömer Camcı
Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Eggs laid on the ground pose a significant problem in the alternative hen breeding systems other than battery cages (Zupan et al., 2005). Furthermore, nest acceptance rates are low in laying hen husbandry, and this increases the rate of eggs laid on the ground (Lentfer et al., 2011), 10% in percentage (Kathle et al., 1996). Laying eggs on the ground increases the risk of the eggs cracking and breaking, causes the eggs to be more contaminated with bacteria. Further, more time and labor is required to collect eggs. The nest choice of layer hens is a very complex behavior, and is affected by several factors (Zupan et al., 2005). Before laying eggs, hens search for a possible and an alternative nest to lay eggs; and finally they arrange the nest they choose with their feet and beaks, and lay eggs (Petherick and Rushen, 1997). This procedure takes one or two hours (Keeling, 2002).Nest box design has an effect on nest box choice (Cooper and Appleby, 1996), but animal species, individual differences, age, and nest box usage experiences during breeding period also have an effect in determining the nest box use behaviors of poultry (Duncan et al., 1978). Further, Egg laying behaviors were presented to be affected by the color of the nesting box for the broilers (Brake, 1993), while the nest box choice could be manipulated in quails (Schmid and Wechsler, 1998). One of the interesting aspects of nest box choice is the preference of nest boxes filled with eggs, instead of those that are empty, and this is called social nesting (Riber, 2010). Subject Judging from another angle in spite of the fact that knowledge of egg production systems is poor among … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | Diğer hakemli uluslarası dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | Greener Journal of Agricultural Sciences |
| Dergi ISSN | 2276-7770 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | Index Copernicus |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 07-2014 |
| Cilt No | 4 |
| Sayı | 6 |
| Sayfalar | 258 / 264 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.15580/GJAS.2014.6.063014284 |
| Makale Linki | http://gjournals.org/GJAS/archive/july-2014-vol-46/taskin-et-al.html |
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| Google Scholar | 1 |
