CN105104232A - Chicken coop for improving benefit level of laying hen - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a chicken coop for improving a benefit level of laying hen. The chicken coop comprises a chicken coop body (1), wherein the chicken coop body (1) is divided into an egg laying area a and a rest area b by virtue of a door curtain (2), the egg laying area a is integrally of a square box body, a henroost crossbar (3) is horizontally arranged in the box body, two ends of the crossbar (3) are respectively fixed on two ends of the box body, the top of the rest area b is provided with a plurality of strings (4), a foot mat (6) and a sand bath tray (6) are paid on the bottom of the rest area b, and the left side and the middle part of the rest area b are respectively provided with a peck mat (7). By adopting the chicken coop, the nesting egg laying behavior of the laying hen under a natural condition can be normally performed. The breaking rate of the egg is reduced; the normal scratching behavior of the laying hen can be satisfied, and the off quality of the laying hen claws can be improved; the peck behavior of the laying hen can be satisfied, the feather pecking occurrence rate of the laying hen is reduced, and the skin and feather quality of the laying hen can be improved.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to livestock-raising field, being specifically related to a kind of chicken coop for improving laying hen benefit level.
Background technology
On laying hen produces, because current chicken coop environment is dull, lack the natural environments such as nest of laying eggs, sand and henroost under field conditions (factors), cause the sitting of laying hen, sand-bath, to scratch and normal henroost is had a rest, the behavior of pecking at is difficult to be expressed, so the laying hen benefit level in laying hen cage is very low.Therefore improve batterylaying benefit level from environmental of raising in cages particularly important, the raising of laying hen benefit level, both can meet the benefit level of laying hen self, also can improve the productivity of laying hen, such as, improve the quality of egg and chicken.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is to provide a kind of chicken coop for improving laying hen benefit level, and it can solve problem existing in background technology effectively.
In order to solve problem existing in background technology, it comprises chicken coop body 1, this chicken coop body 1 is separated out by door curtain 2 the district a and rest area b that lays eggs, described district a entirety of laying eggs is a foursquare casing, a henroost cross bar 3 has been horizontally disposed with in this casing, the two ends of this cross bar 3 are separately fixed at the two ends of casing, the top of described rest area b is hung with several cord 4, the bottom of described rest area b is equipped with foot pad 5 and sand-bath dish 6, the left side of described rest area b and middle part are respectively arranged with pecks pad 7, and the bottom of the described district a that lays eggs is equipped with straw 8.
Owing to have employed above technical scheme, the present invention has following beneficial effect:
1, provide chicken to lay eggs district, can meet laying hen carry out normal natural conditions under the behavior of laying eggs of nesting.Lower the breakage rate of egg;
2, provide the foot pad of laying hen, can meet the behavior of normally scratching of laying hen, that improves laying hen shank delivers quality for sale;
What 3, provide laying hen pecks pad, and what can meet laying hen pecks the behavior of hitting, and reduces the feather picking incidence of laying hen, improves skin and the feather qualities of laying hen;
4, provide the sand table of laying hen, what can meet laying hen normally carries out sand-bath behavior, improves skin and the feather qualities of laying hen;
5, the henroost of laying hen is provided, laying hen normal henroost rest behavior can be met, simultaneously more good utilisation chicken coop space, reduce the space density of chicken group;
6, laying nest, foot pad, to peck pad, henroost cross bar, sand table and suspension cord be all to dismantle and to assemble temporarily, convenient, flexible, can be applicable to the laying hen of the different production phases such as brood time, finishing period and laying period.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly in the present invention, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, embodiment is briefly described.
Fig. 1 is structural representation of the present invention.
Embodiment
The technological means realized to make the present invention, creation characteristic, reaching object and effect is easy to understand, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention being clearly and completely described.
Embodiment 1
Referring to Fig. 1, a kind of chicken coop for improving laying hen benefit level, it comprises chicken coop body 1, this chicken coop body 1 is separated out by door curtain 2 the district a and rest area b that lays eggs, described district a entirety of laying eggs is a foursquare casing, a henroost cross bar 3 has been horizontally disposed with in this casing, the two ends of this cross bar 3 are separately fixed at the two ends of casing, the top of described rest area b is hung with several cord 4, the bottom of described rest area b is equipped with foot pad 5 and sand-bath dish 6, the left side of described rest area b and middle part are respectively arranged with pecks pad 7, the bottom of the described district a that lays eggs is equipped with straw 8.
Chicken coop is divided into lay eggs a district and rest area b two parts, and long 2 meters wide 60 centimetres, the district a that lays eggs is the square wooden case of each 60 centimetres of length and width, interior laying straw 8, and case mouth has door curtain 2, is positioned at the leftmost side of chicken coop; Laying hen rest area b is positioned at the right side of laying nest, and foot pad 5 is positioned in the middle of the chicken coop ground of rest area, is convenient to chicken and carries out behavior of scratching, and its size is long 40 centimetres, wide 60 centimetres.Pecking pad 7 is a kind of cloth pads with lint, is attached on the sidewall of rest area, and height is concordant with chicken head, is convenient to chicken and pecks and hit.On the cage top of chicken coop rest area hang five cords 4, distance cage at the bottom of 30 centimetres, be evenly distributed in the rear wall of chicken coop rest area.Sand-bath dish is set near the rightmost side of chicken coop rest area, is convenient to chicken and carries out sand-bath behavior, long 40 centimetres of its size, wide 60 centimetres.Henroost cross bar 3 is circular cross bars, runs through chicken coop rest area, link laying nest and side chicken coop.
Embodiment 2
The present embodiment chooses Hai Lanbai plumage laying hen as laboratory animal.300 Hai Lanbai plumage laying hens were raised from 0 week age.Formal test was from the 1st week age, and young 300 of the laying hen that random selecting body weight is even, hale and hearty, is divided into 20 groups at random, often organizes 15 chickens.Wherein in this welfare-type chicken coop, raise 10 groups, in traditional chicken coop, raise 10 groups.Utilize traditional chicken coop, drinking-water and feed are only provided, there is no foot pad, peck pad, henroost cross bar, sand table, suspension cord.Welfare-type chicken coop is compared and traditional chicken coop carries out comparative trial at brood time.
In 5 chickens of each repeating groups, select a target animal, and by the method for smearing paint on the health of chicken, it is marked.Experiment periods is asked and is observed its feather picking and other various actions.During behavior observation, feed end every day after 30 minutes, start to carry out behavior observation, Continuous Observation 160 minutes.Every 5 seconds record behavior once.120 behavioral datas are obtained with it like this from the target animal often organized.The food searching boavior that essential record chicken self occurs, foraging behaviour, henroost rest, foraging behaviour, drinking behavior, grooming behavior, sand-bath behavior and behavior of scratching.Concrete definition sees the following form 1.
The behavior observation sampling of duration of test is all completed by the same observer.Observer is sitting in and overlooks downwards on the chair of about 2 meters high of ground level, the behavior of object observing animal.Observer's distance is raised district's individual layer cage and is about 1.5 meters the most nearby, and farthest is about 5 meters.Observer can be avoided like this to walk up and down on the impact of target animal behavior.
Table 1 behavior classification and definition thereof
The data information of most behavior observation belongs to numeration property data, does not all meet normal distribution, changes through square root conversion before this part data process through arcsine again.The Univariate process transformed in rear SASforWindowsVer.8.2 does test of normality.Then the Mean process computation mean in using in SPSS software and standard deviation.
Experimental result see table 2, the comparative analysis result (%, mean value ± standard error) of brood time welfare-type chicken coop behavior ratio different from traditional chicken coop
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Embodiment 3
The present embodiment chooses Hai Lanbai plumage laying hen as laboratory animal.200 Hai Lanbai plumage laying hens were raised from 0 week age.Formal test was from the 6th week age, and young 120 of the laying hen that random selecting body weight is even, hale and hearty, is divided into 20 groups at random, often organizes 6 chickens.Wherein in this welfare-type chicken coop, raise 10 groups, in traditional chicken coop, raise 10 groups.Utilize traditional chicken coop, drinking-water and feed are only provided, there is no laying nest, foot pad, peck pad, henroost cross bar, sand table, suspension cord.Welfare-type chicken coop is compared and traditional chicken coop carries out comparative trial at finishing period.
The behavior observation method of the present embodiment and statistical analysis are with embodiment 2.
Experimental result see table 3, the comparative analysis result (%, mean value ± standard error) of finishing period welfare-type chicken coop behavior ratio different from traditional chicken coop
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Embodiment 4
The present embodiment chooses Hai Lanbai plumage laying hen as laboratory animal.180 Hai Lanbai plumage laying hens were raised from 0 week age.Formal test was from the 20th week age, and young 80 of the laying hen that random selecting body weight is even, hale and hearty, is divided into 20 groups at random, often organizes 4 chickens.Wherein in this welfare-type chicken coop, raise 10 groups, in traditional chicken coop, raise 10 groups.Utilize traditional chicken coop, drinking-water and feed are only provided, there is no laying nest, foot pad, peck pad, henroost cross bar, sand table, suspension cord.Welfare-type chicken coop is compared and traditional chicken coop carries out comparative trial in laying period.
The behavior observation method of the present embodiment and statistical analysis are with embodiment 2.
Experimental result see table 4, the comparative analysis result (%, mean value ± standard error) of laying period welfare-type chicken coop behavior ratio different from traditional chicken coop
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As can be seen here, the present invention can enrich the behavior expression of laying hen chicken, makes the scratching of laying hen, the behavior normal expression such as sand-bath and modification.The incidence of feather pecking can also be reduced; The availability of henroost is also very high simultaneously.This shows that this invention can meet the various actions needs of laying hen, increases substantially the benefit level of laying hen.
Last it is noted that above embodiment is only in order to illustrate technical scheme of the present invention, be not intended to limit; Although with reference to previous embodiment to invention has been detailed description, those of ordinary skill in the art should be appreciated that it still can be modified to the technical scheme described in foregoing embodiments, or carries out equivalent replacement to wherein portion of techniques feature; And these amendments or replacement, do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution depart from the spirit and scope of various embodiments of the present invention technical scheme.
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1. one kind for improving the chicken coop of laying hen benefit level, it is characterized in that it comprises chicken coop body (1), this chicken coop body (1) is separated out by door curtain (2) the district a and rest area b that lays eggs, described district a entirety of laying eggs is a foursquare casing, a henroost cross bar (3) has been horizontally disposed with in this casing, the two ends of this cross bar (3) are separately fixed at the two ends of casing, the top of described rest area b is hung with several cord (4), the bottom of described rest area b is equipped with foot pad (5) and sand-bath dish (6), the left side of described rest area b and middle part are respectively arranged with pecks pad (7), the bottom of the described district a that lays eggs is equipped with straw (8).
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