THE BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALLY KEPT FEMALE BREEDER GEESE .2. DIURNAL OFSOME BEHAVIORAL-PATTERNS

Investigations were made to get some basically informations about diur nal behaviour of domesticated geese - in this fact of individually kep t geese. Videoobservations were realized with female animals, kept in boxes (70 x 150 cm) littered with straw. The geese were in their secon d year of reproduction. In most of observed behavioural patterns there could be shown a quite high level of activity during 14 hours of dark ness. Food intake e.g. could be registered more frequented during nigh t than during time of illumination. Diurnal concentrations of activiti es had been especially in care of plumage (noon, beginning of darkness ), nibbling at objects besides straw and food (morning, afternoon, fir st half of night), motionless sitting (first half of night) and motion less standing (the very end of darkness). Investigations about geese b ehaviour should be repeated with geese kept in groups, because detaile d knowledge about the behaviour will lead to improved geese management .