Should Nest Construction Be İntervened İn Domestic Bird Breeding?

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 2, 126 - 131, 27.03.2025

Arda Onur Özkök , Gözde Kılınç

https://doi.org/10.35229/jaes.1619540

Öz

The aim is to get as many offspring as possible from domestic songbirds during the breeding season. However, the inadequacy of the nest material used during nest construction and the individual abilities of the birds in nest construction directly affect the success of the breeding season. In this study, the nests built by two groups of female Gloster canaries using the same nest material were evaluated, and the effects on the hatching rates of fertile eggs and the development of offspring were evaluated. For this purpose, 8 female canaries were used, 4 in 1st group (T-1) and 4 in 2nd group (T-2). Female birds showing estrus were artificially inseminated, and the hatching rates of the eggs were evaluated. The nests of Group T-1 were not intervened in the nests, and the nests of Group T-2 were intervened in the nest during construction, and the hatching rates of fertile eggs were observed. It was concluded that the T-2 group was more successful than the T-1 group. It may be possible to obtain more offspring by eliminating the deficiencies observed in the nests of the birds during nest construction to a certain extent. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of interventions made to the nests of female birds inseminated under equal conditions on the incubation process and the hatching rate.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Artificial insemination , canary bird , nest material , nest intervention

Evcil Kuş Yetiştiriciliğinde Yuva Yapımına Müdahale Edilmeli mi?

Öz

Üreme mevsiminde evcil ötücü kuşlardan mümkün olduğunca çok yavru elde edilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Ancak yuva yapımında kullanılan yuva malzemesinin yetersizliği ve yuva yapımında kuşların bireysel yetenekleri üreme mevsiminin başarısını doğrudan etkilemektedir. Bu çalışmada aynı yuva malzemesini kullanarak iki grup dişi Gloster kanaryasının yaptığı yuvalar değerlendirilmiş, döllenmiş yumurtaların çıkış oranları ve yavruların gelişimi üzerine etkileri değerlendirilmiştir. Bu amaçla 1.grupta (T-1) 4, 2.grupta (T-2) 4 olmak üzere toplam 8 adet dişi kanarya kullanıldı. Kızgınlık gösteren dişi kuşlar suni tohumlama ile tohumlanarak yumurta çıkış oranları değerlendirilmiştir. Grup T-1'deki yuvalara yuva yapımı sırasında müdahale edilmemiş, Grup T-2'deki yuvalara ise yuva yapımı sırasında müdahale edilmiş ve döllenmiş yumurtaların çıkış oranları gözlenmiştir. T-2 grubunun T-1 grubuna göre daha başarılı olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. Yuva yapımı sırasında kuşların yuvalarında gözlenen eksikliklerin belli bir oranda giderilmesiyle daha fazla yavru elde edilmesi mümkün olabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı eşit şartlarda tohumlanan dişi kuşların yuvalarına yapılan müdahalelerin kuluçka süreci ve yumurtadan çıkma oranına olan etkilerini belirlemektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kanarya kuşu , yuva materyali , yuva müdahalesi , suni tohumlama

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