Huber H U, Fölsch D W, Stähli U
Br Poult Sci. 1985 Jul;26(3):367-73. doi: 10.1080/00071668508416824.
Nesting behaviour of LSL hens from a deep litter house and from a battery system was compared. Every hen was tested in one of two trial chambers containing a wire mesh floor and a nest unit with 5 nesting materials: wire mesh, perforated plastic, synthetic grass, wheat straw and oat husk. Wheat straw and oat husk were preferred as nesting materials to perforated plastic, synthetic grass and wire mesh. The results from these trials were confirmed in a deep litter house. After the nesting material, oat husk, was changed in two of 10 communal nests the hens did not accept those two nests for the trial period of two weeks and laid elsewhere. Hens of the same breed and age reared together on deep litter showed no differences in nest site selection and nesting behaviour regardless of whether they had previously been housed in a deep litter house or in cages.
比较了来自厚垫料鸡舍和层架式鸡笼系统的LSL母鸡的筑巢行为。每只母鸡都在两个试验箱中的一个进行测试，试验箱有金属丝网地板和一个带有5种筑巢材料的巢单元：金属丝网、穿孔塑料、人造草、麦秸和燕麦壳。与穿孔塑料、人造草和金属丝网相比，母鸡更喜欢麦秸和燕麦壳作为筑巢材料。这些试验结果在厚垫料鸡舍中得到了证实。在10个共用巢中的2个更换了筑巢材料燕麦壳后，母鸡在两周的试验期内不接受这两个巢，而是在其他地方产蛋。在厚垫料上一起饲养的相同品种和年龄的母鸡，无论它们以前是饲养在厚垫料鸡舍还是笼子里，在巢址选择和筑巢行为上都没有差异。
