Bird

Chapter IV: Pigeons and Doves

Valuable guidelines for the housing of pigeons in the research laboratory setting. Following issues are dealt with: (1) Housing and Caging; (2) Microenvironment; (3) Feeding and Water; (4) Breeding; (5) Handling; (6) Health care. There are significant advantages to the...

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Bird, Other Bird

Citation: Canadian Council on Animal Care , Gilman, J. 1984. Chapter IV: Pigeons and Doves. In : Guide to the Care and Use of Experimental Animals, Volume 2 . Canadian Council on Animal Care , Gilman, J. (ed). Canadian Council on Animal Care, Ottawa, Canada.

Rest in poultry

Hens often use high perches in preference to low perches, when offered a choice.

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Blokhuis, H. J. 1984. Rest in poultry. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 12, 289-303.

Some observations on the development of feather pecking in poultry

Feather pecking occurs much more often when chicken are kept on wire floor rather then litter which allows the hens to peck up additional food particles. It is argued that feather pecking in the absence of a suitable litter substrate...

Year Published: 1984Topics: Abnormal/Problematic BehaviorAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Blokhuis, H. J., Arkes, J. G. 1984. Some observations on the development of feather pecking in poultry. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 12, 145-157.

Production and behaviour of laying domestic fowls in outside pens

The birds outside produced on average as many eggs (337 in 560 days) as those inside (378), and of greater mean weight. ... Feather condition was better in birds in [outside] pens and their body weight was greater than that...

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Hughes, B. O., Dun, P. 1984. Production and behaviour of laying domestic fowls in outside pens. Applied Animal Ethology (Applied Animal Behaviour Science) 11, 201 (Abstract).

Fearfulness of hens caged individually or in groups in different tiers of a battery and the effects of translocation between tiers

Hens housed in the top tier of the 3-tier battery system were more fearful. The extra stimulation received by birds in the middle and bottom tiers may have reduced their fearfulness.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, R. B. 1985. Fearfulness of hens caged individually or in groups in different tiers of a battery and the effects of translocation between tiers. British Poultry Science 26, 399-408.

Fear responses of individually-caged laying hens as a function of cage level and aisle

Hens housed individually in the top tier of the 3-tier battery system were more fearful. ... The extra stimulation received by birds in the middle and bottom tiers may have reduced their fearfulness in subsequent fear-inducing situations.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, R. B. 1985. Fear responses of individually-caged laying hens as a function of cage level and aisle. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 14, 63-75.

Starlings search for food rather than eat freely available identical food

Starlings search for food rather than eat freely available identical food.

Year Published: 1986Animal Type: Bird, Other Bird

Citation: Inglis, I. R., Ferguson, N. J. K. 1986. Starlings search for food rather than eat freely available identical food. Animal Behaviour 34, 614-617.

Effects of type of cage partition, cage shape, and bird density on productivity and well-being of layers

In Experiment 1 there were no significant differences in rate of lay, egg quality, latency to feeding, and feather condition of hens in cages with wire mesh or solid metal side partitions. Birds in cages with solid metal side partitions...

Year Published: 1986Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Ramos, N. C., Anderson, K. E., Adams, A. W. 1986. Effects of type of cage partition, cage shape, and bird density on productivity and well-being of layers. Poultry Science 65, 2023-2028.

Influence of presence of perches during rearing on incidence of floor laying in broiler breeders

Flightiness was reduced in chickens reared in an environment where they had access to perches.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Brake, J. 1987. Influence of presence of perches during rearing on incidence of floor laying in broiler breeders. Poultry Science 66, 1587-1589.

Feather picking in psittacine birds: a clinician’s approach to diagnosis and treatment

Year Published: 1986Animal Type: Bird, Parrot

Citation: Rosskopf, W. J., Woerpel, R. W., Reed-Blake, S. 1986. Feather picking in psittacine birds: a clinician's approach to diagnosis and treatment. Proceedings of the Association of Avian Veterinarians, 265-278.