Nest preference of laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus) and their motivation to exert themselves to gain nest access

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 321-330

  Kruschwitz, Anja ^a,b   Zupan, Manja ^a   Buchwalder, Theres ^a   Huber Eicher, Beat ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b Staatliches Tierärztliches Untersuchungsamt Aulendorf ^*  (Germany)

^c Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Laying hens; Litter layers; Motivation; Nest layers; Push door; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; NEST SITE; OVIPOSITION; PARTURITION; POULTRY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 44949156446     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Anonymous, 1978. Swiss Animal Welfare Act, 9. March 1978. Art. 5 (1).
2. Anonymous, 1981. Swiss Animal Protection Regulations, 27. May 1981. Art. 27 (1), (2)e.
3. Appleby M.C., and McRae H.E. The individual nest box as a superstimulus for domestic hens. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 15 (1986) 169-176
4. Appleby M.C., and Smith S.F. Design of nest boxes for laying hens. Br. Poult. Sci. 32 (1991) 667-678
5. Appleby M.C., Maguire S.N., and McRae H.E. Nesting and floor laying by domestic hens in a commercial flock. Br. Poult. Sci. 27 (1986) 75-82
6. Appleby M.C., Hogarth G.S., and Hughes B.O. Nest box design and nesting materials in a deep litter house for laying hens. Br. Poult. Sci. 29 (1988) 215-222
7. Brantas G.C. The pre-laying behaviour of laying hens in cages with and without laying nests. In: Moss R. (Ed). The Laying Hen and its Environment (1980), Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 227-237
8. Cooper J.J. Consumer demand under commercial husbandry conditions: practical advice on measuring behavioural priorities in captive animals. Anim. Welf. 13 (2004) S47-S56
9. Cooper J.J., and Appleby M.C. Individual variation in nesting motivation and the incidence of floor eggs. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 41 (1994) 271
10. Cooper J.J., and Appleby M.C. Individual variation in prelaying behaviour and the incidence of floor eggs. Br. Poult. Sci. 37 (1996) 245-253
11. Cooper J.J., and Appleby M.C. Motivational aspects of individual variation in response to nestboxes by laying hens. Anim. Behav. 54 (1997) 1245-1253
12. Cooper J.J., and Appleby M.C. The value of environmental resources to domestic hens: a comparison of the workrate for food and for nests as a function of time. Anim. Welf. 12 (2003) 39-52
13. Cooper J.J., and Albentosa M.J. Behavioural priorities of laying hens. Avian Poult. Biol. Rev. 14 3 (2003) 127-149
14. Dawkins M.S. Animal Suffering: The Science of Animal Welfare (1980), Chapman and Hall, London, UK
15. Dawkins M.S. Battery hens name their price: consumer demand theory and the measurement of ethological 'needs'. Anim. Behav. 31 (1983) 1195-1205
16. Duncan I.J.H. Measuring preferences and the strength of preferences. Poult. Sci. 71 (1992) 658-663
17. Duncan I.J.H., and Kite V.G. Some investigations into motivation in the domestic fowl. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 18 (1987) 387-388
18. Duncan I.J.H., and Kite V.G. Nest site selection and nest-building behaviour in domestic fowl. Anim. Behav. 37 (1989) 215-231
19. Duncan I.J.H., Savory C.J., and Wood-Gush D.G.M. Observations on the reproductive behaviour of domestic fowl in the wild. Appl. Anim. Ethol. 4 (1978) 29-42
20. Fahrmeir L., Künstler R., Pigeot I., and Tutz G. Statistik: der Weg zur Datenanalyse (2003), Springer, Berlin pp. 132-145
21. Follensbee M.E., Duncan I.J.H., and Widowski T.M. Quantifying nesting motivation of domestic hens. J. Anim. Sci. 70 1 (1992) 164
22. Hintze, J., 2006. NCSS, PASS and GESS. NCSS, Kaysville, Utah.
23. Hughes B.O., Duncan I.J.H., and Brown M.F. The performance of nest building by domestic hens: is it more important than the construction of the nest?. Anim. Behav. 37 (1989) 210-214
24. Jensen M.B., Pedersen L.J., and Ladewig J. The use of demand functions to assess behavioural priorities in farm animals. Anim. Welf. 13 (2004) S27-S32
25. Kirkden R.D., Edwards J.S.S., and Broom D.M. A theoretical comparison of the consumer surplus and the elasticities of demand as measures of motivational strength. Anim. Behav. 65 (2003) 157-178
26. Kite V.G. Does a hen require a nest?. 2nd European symposium on poultry welfare, Celle (1985) 118-135
27. Mason G.J., McFarland D., and Garner J. A demanding task: using techniques to assess animal priorities. Anim. Behav. 55 (1998) 1071-1075
28. Noldus Information Technology, 1993. The Observer, Base Package for DOS. Version 3.0 Edition, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
29. Olsson I.A.S., and Keeling L.J. Night time roosting in laying hens and the effect of thwarting access to perches. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 68 (2000) 243-256
30. Olsson I.A.S., and Keeling L.J. The push-door for measuring motivation in hens: laying hens are motivated to perch at night. Anim. Welf. 11 (2002) 11-19
31. Olsson I.A.S., Keeling L.J., and McAdie T.M. The push-door for measuring motivation in hens: an adaptation and a critical discussion of the method. Anim. Welf. 11 (2002) 1-10
32. Petherick J.C., and Rutter S.M. Quantifying motivation using a computer-controlled push-door. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 27 (1990) 159-167
33. Siegel S., and Castellan N. Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences (1988), McGraw-Hill, New York
34. Wechsler B., Fröhlich E., Oester H., Oswald T., Troxler J., Weber R., and Schmid H. The contribution of applied ethology in judging animal welfare in farm animal housing systems. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 53 (1997) 33-43
35. Weeks C.A., and Nicol C.J. Behavioural needs, priorities and preferences of laying hens. World Poult. Sci. J. 62 2 (2006) 297-308
36. Widowski T.M., and Duncan I.J.H. Working for a dustbath: are hens increasing pleasure rather than reducing suffering?. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 68 (2000) 39-53
37. Wood-Gush D.G.M. Strain differences in the response to sub-optimal stimuli in the fowl. Anim. Behav. 20 (1972) 72-76
38. Wood-Gush D.G.M., Duncan I.J.H., and Savory C.J. Observations in the social behaviour of domestic fowl in the wild. Biol. Behav. 3 (1978) 193-205
39. Zimmerman P.H., and Koene O. The effect of frustrative nonreward on vocalisations and behaviour in the laying hens, Gallus gallus domesticus. Behav. Proc. 44 (1998) 73-79
40. Zimmerman P.H., Koene O., and van Hooff J.A. The vocal expression of feeding motivation and frustration in the domestic laying hens, Gallus gallus domesticus. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 69 4 (2000) 265-273