坝上长尾鸡对栖木的选择

The Choice of Bashang Long-tail Chicken to Perches

观察晚上坝上长尾鸡在开合式栖架的栖息行为,为栖架式饲养系统的开发应用提供参考。结果发现,坝上长尾鸡在开合式栖架的选择偏好顺序分别为:栖木所在位置>栖木材质>栖木的直径,坝上长尾鸡晚上栖息时选择栖木的中上位置,栖木材质:木质>钢质>塑料,栖木直径:5 cm>8 cm>3 cm。育成期坝上长尾鸡喜欢直径为5 cm木质栖架的顶部栖息。

This paper aimed to observe the perching behavior of Bashang Long-tail chicken on the folding perching rack at night,and to provide reference for the development and application of perch raising system. The results showed that the chicken’s choice preference of the perching racks were: the loation of perches, material and diameter. The chicken chose to rest on the middle to upper position of the perches. The choice of perch material was in the order of wood, steel and plastic, the choice of perch diameter was 5 cm>8 cm>3 cm. Therefore, it is concluded that Bashang Long-tail chicken prefers to rest on the highest position of wood perches with a diameter of 5 cm.