Bird

Approach/avoidance response of domestic chicks to familiar and unfamiliar video images of biologically neutral stimuli

Chicks are highly responsive to video images. Their reactions .. provide evidence of some attraction for novelty. .. If complex video images are intrinsically attractive to chicks they might provide a highly visible form of additional stimulation; their easily varied...

Year Published: 1996Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, R. B., Larkins, C., Hughes, B. O. 1996. Approach/avoidance response of domestic chicks to familiar and unfamiliar video images of biologically neutral stimuli. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 48, 81-98.

Fear and adaptability in poultry: insights, implications and imperatives

Environmental enrichment can reduce fear responses and feather pecking.

Year Published: 1996Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, R. B. 1996. Fear and adaptability in poultry: insights, implications and imperatives. World's Poultry Science Journal 52, 131-174.

Application of a radiotelemetry system for chronic measurement of blood pressure, heart rate, EEG, and activity in the chicken

This paper reports the first successful chronic monitoring (for 30 days) of blood pressure, heart rate, EEG, and physical activity in a freely moving bird, following (described) implantation of a commercially available (Data Sciences International) radiotelemetry device in a 1.6-kg...

Year Published: 1996Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Savory, C. J., Kostal, L. 1996. Application of a radiotelemetry system for chronic measurement of blood pressure, heart rate, EEG, and activity in the chicken. Physiology and Behavior 61, 963-969.

Environmental enrichment device and egg production in laying hens

A commercially available toy, suspended from the cage roof reduced aggression in laying hens.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Baroli, D., Ghiandoni, S., Mantovani, C. et al. 1997. Environmental enrichment device and egg production in laying hens. In: Proceedings of the European Symposium on Poultry Welfare. Koene, P. , Blokhuis, H. J. (eds), 107-108. Ponsen and Looyen, Wageningen, Netherlands.

Use of visual cover by domestic fowl: a Venetian blind effect? Animal Behaviour 54, 387-395

Studies of domestic fowl suggest that security provided by physical structures affect their behaviour. Chickens housed in pens use areas provided with cover [vertical panels] more often than areas without cover. They spend more time resting and preening in covered...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Newberry, R. C., Shackleton, D. M. 1997. Use of visual cover by domestic fowl: a Venetian blind effect? Animal Behaviour 54, 387-395.

Feather pecking in domestic chicks: its relation to dustbathing and foraging

The presence of an appropriate substrate for dustbathing [sand] does not prevent domestic chicks from developing feather pecking. On the other hand, housing conditions that promote foraging behaviour [straw] are effective in reducing and preventing feather pecking.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Huber-Eicher, B., Wechsler, B. 1997. Feather pecking in domestic chicks: its relation to dustbathing and foraging. Animal Behaviour 54, 757-768.

Comfortable quarters for chickens

Outline of basic behavioral needs that must be taken into account for chicken-adequate housing and handling.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Hafner, M., Staack, M., Filsch, D. W. 1997. Comfortable quarters for chickens. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Eighth Edition. Reinhardt, V. (ed), 41-45. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Report on the Welfare of Laying Hens

FAWC's Five Freedoms:Freedom from hunger and thirst by ready access to fresh water and diet to maintain full health and vigour;Freedom from discomfort by providing an appropriate environment, including shelter and comfortable resting area;Freedom from pain, injury and disease by...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Farm Animal Welfare Council 1997. Report on the Welfare of Laying Hens. Farm Animal Welfare Council, Tolworth, UK.

Pecking at string by individually caged, adult laying hens: colour preference and their stability

Bunches of string are attractive picking stimuli for laying hens. White or yellow bunches are preferred to blue or orange ones. Despite the brevity of presentation, the birds showed no evidence of habituation upon repeated exposure.

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, R. B., Carmichael, N. L. 1998. Pecking at string by individually caged, adult laying hens: colour preference and their stability. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 60, 11-23.

Effects of restricting access to litter trays on their use by caged laying hens

Hens with access to litter in an otherwise barren environment spent around 18% of their time in litter-related activities, consistent with the view that it is important to provide hens with substrate in which to forage and dust-bathe.

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Hughes, B. O., Channing, C. E. 1998. Effects of restricting access to litter trays on their use by caged laying hens. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 56, 37-45.