This channel contains the videos from the Chicken Behaviour and Welfare MOOC - https://www.coursera.org/learn/chickens
Published by The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
License: CC-BY
Published by The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
License: CC-BY
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.