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About the Course

This course explains the general principles of chicken behaviour and welfare, and the behavioural and physiological indicators that can be used to assess welfare in chickens kept in hobby flocks through to commercial farms. The focus is primarily on laying hens and meat chickens (broilers) although many of the principles are relevant to other types of poultry. The course is likely to be of interest to people who own chickens as pets or keep a small hobby flock, commercial egg and chicken meat producers, veterinarians and vet nurses. Learning Objectives: at the end of this course, you will be able to - - Describe avian sensory perception and motivation - Explain the main behaviour patterns of poultry - Define welfare and explain the bases of welfare standards - Assess chicken welfare, using behavioural and physiological means - Understand common welfare problems of chickens This course is taught by staff from Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), University of Glasgow, and St David's Poultry Team. You can follow us on Twitter! #chickenmooc © University of Edinburgh and Scotland's Rural College 2016 CC BY...

Top reviews

RT

Feb 28, 2024

This course is well taught and I really enjoyed how they broke up the modules into little comprehensible lessons. I learned a lot. I wish there was more material because it was an interesting course.

MS

Jul 30, 2019

Great information about chickens' instinctive behaviors and the advantages and disadvantages of various means of caring for them. I learned a lot about the various systems used throughout the world.

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By Jan V

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May 21, 2021

Great Course really learned a lot

By Mohsin R

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Mar 3, 2021

It is very helpful in my studies.

By Aleksandra K

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May 5, 2020

Very educational and interesting.

By ARIFUL H

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Dec 21, 2024

FULL CHICKEN/ Rotisserie chicken

By Priyanka F P

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Apr 14, 2019

Excellent technical information!

By M. C

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Jun 27, 2018

An extremely informative course!

By Muhammad A Z

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Aug 22, 2020

Informative and well organized

By KHALID G

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Aug 7, 2020

it is very informative for me.

By Xiaohui D

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May 18, 2022

非常专业的课程！感谢！除了部分资料更新不够之外，没有缺点。

By Etta D

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Aug 16, 2017

Very helpful and interesting!

By Jamie H

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Feb 20, 2017

Very thorough. Learned a lot.

By Gleidson P d S

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Nov 7, 2021

Curso de excelente qualidade

By Claudia L

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Nov 19, 2020

Very useful and informative.

By Jesus p

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May 12, 2020

Learned a lot about chickens

By Joao L W

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Jun 11, 2017

Very educational and honest.

By Mary L B

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Sep 23, 2016

I learned a lot! Thank you.

By Colin F

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Mar 17, 2021

Excellent. I learned a lot

By Juandy B

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Jul 8, 2017

Very informative I like it

By Tahir H

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Feb 29, 2020

Good information provided

By I. S

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Aug 11, 2020

It was very informative!

By Joseph N

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Nov 27, 2022

Very interesting course

By Christina S

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Sep 28, 2020

Great course, loved it!

By Winston A W

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Nov 22, 2020

Excellent, thank you.

By Muhammad B c

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Nov 29, 2018

very informative.....