Sentence examples for onset of laying from inspiring English sources

They laid fewer eggs inside nest boxes during the first 2 weeks of lay, laid more eggs on litter throughout the observed period, and had a lower onset of laying than AH and AC hens.

Clutch size was independent of variation in pre-breeding PRL or LH, although pre-breeding LH was negatively correlated with the time between pairing and the onset of laying.

We found that only incubation duration on the first night after the onset of laying correlated with the likelihood of hatchlings being sired by an extra-pair male.

Herein, we measured EWs at nine time points from onset of laying to 60 week of age, and conducted comprehensive genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in 1,534 F2 hens derived from reciprocal crosses between White Leghorn and Dongxiang chickens.

The dynamic eggshell quality traits at 11 time points from onset of laying to 72 weeks were collected and used for genome-wide association analysis with a 600 K high-density SNP array.

In the current study, we conducted GWA analysis on the dynamic eggshell quality traits at 11 time points from onset of laying to 72 weeks old utilizing a 600 K high-density SNP arrays in an F2 chicken population.

With the onset of egg laying in many species, the feathers of the lower abdomen are lost, and the skin in that area becomes thickened and highly vascularized (filled with blood vessels), forming the so-called brood patches.

The extended fertility of the C32 flies might reflect a delay in the onset of egg laying.

All nestboxes were monitored throughout the breeding season to determine the onset of egg laying (March 1st = day 1), clutch size, hatching date, the number of hatchlings, and the number of chicks fledged.

Elevation in levels of estrogen shortly before the onset of egg laying stimulates formation of a bone type called medullary bone, which throughout the egg-laying period acts as a labile calcium store mobilized to form eggshells [ 8].

Interestingly, our results pinpointed putative pleiotropic regions which controlled emotional reactivity and body-weight of birds (on CJA5 and CJA8) or their social motivation and the onset of egg laying (on CJA19).