Chicken Behaviour and Welfare
Online
3 Weeks
Free Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Chicken Behaviour & Welfare Promo Video
- Rules of engagement (from Animal Behaviour & Welfare course)
Reading
- Finding more information
Videos
- What is behaviour?
- What is a chicken?
- Domestication
- Prehatch and hatching
- Imprinting
- Other types of learning
- Hormones and Behaviour
- Motivation
- Vision
- Hearing
- Taste
- Smell and Touch
- Interview with Sarah Brocklehurst
Readings
- What is a chicken? Some images
- Smithsonian's How the chicken conquered the world.
- Learning who is your mother
- Exercise: how operant conditioning works
- Article on vision
Practice Exercise
- Domestication, Development and Learning, the Senses
Videos
- Introduction To Maintenance Behaviours
- Feeding Behaviour
- History Of Feeding, Contrafreeloading
- Motivation To Show Feeding Phases
- Broiler Feeding Behaviour
- Drinking Behaviour
- Preening And Dustbathing
- Perching
- Stretching, Wing Flapping, Thermoregulation, Sleeping
- Communication
- Dominance Behaviour, Aggression, Bird-to-bird Pecking
- Social Spacing
Readings
- Article on feed choice in chickens
- Drinking from a nipple drinker or dish
- Distinction between preening, and oiling + preening
- Aggression between males
Practice Exercise
- Behaviour part 1
Videos
- Introduction To Reproduction
- Courtship
- Mating Behaviour
- Nesting and Laying Behaviour
- Brooding Behaviour
- Problems With Nesting And Laying Behaviour
- Interview With Johnny - Breeding And Preparing For The Show Ring
- Interview With Derek - Small-scale Commercial Broiler Incubation And Hatching
- Feather Pecking And Cannibalism
- Stereotypic Behaviours
- Overdrinking (polydipsia)
- Litter Eating
Readings
- Transcript for interview with Johnny - Breeding and preparing for the show ring
- Hens that go broody
- How to assess developing embryos in eggs
- Egg shell abnormalities
- Egg eating
- Different types of feather pecking
Practice Exercise
- Behaviour part 2
Videos
- Defining Welfare, and the Five Freedoms
- Ethics and Poultry Production
- Welfare Organisations and Accreditation Schemes
- Effects of Stressors
- Assessing Welfare: Behavioural and Physiological Measures
Readings
- Ruth Harrison
- Article on a 'good life' for hens
- Welfare accreditation schemes
Practice Exercises
- Welfare, ethics, welfare standards
- A Life Worth Living Exercise (just for fun)
Videos
- Egg Production: Furnished Cages
- Egg Production: Free Range
- Chicken (Broiler) Production
- Interview With Barry: Is Free Range Always Best?
- Introduction To Killing Sick Or Injured Stock
- Methods Of Culling Poultry
- How Do You Know A Bird Is Dead?
- Introduction To Transport
- Depopulation, Transport, And Lairage
- Stunning And Slaughter
Readings
- Laying hens: supplement to the Code of Practice
- Article on welfare problems in meat chickens
- Pullet rearing, pullet welfare issues
Practice Exercise
- Housing, transport and slaughter