Chicken Behavior & Welfare class thread! (free & online)

[ackie]

Did it start today or before?

Today.

I'm currently reading one of the supplemental (not required but just for fun) articles about chicken history

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-chicken-conquered-the-world-87583657/

 

[ackie]

"G. gallus (red junglefowl) browses on the forest floor for insects, seeds and fruit, and flies up to nest in the trees at night. That’s about as much flying as it can manage, a trait that had obvious appeal to humans seeking to capture and raise it. This would later help endear the chicken to Africans, whose native guinea fowls had an annoying habit of flying off into the forest when the spirit moved them."

 

[aart]

@ChickenCanoe know anything about this course?

 

[ackie]

"Chickens make wonderful pets, as breeders will tell you, especially if they think they could interest you in buying some chicks."

 

[CHlCKEN]

Lesson 1.2 is “What Is A Chicken?”

 

[ackie]

these videos are super brief. I'm on 1.7 now.

 

[CHlCKEN]

@ChickenCanoe know anything about this course?

It’s by The University of Edinburgh, and Dr Victoria Sandilands, if that helps

 

[ackie]

I am bored

 

[ChickForLife]

@CHlCKEN Nice new avyy!

 

[CHlCKEN]

Today.

I'm currently reading one of the supplemental (not required but just for fun) articles about chicken history

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-chicken-conquered-the-world-87583657/

“The epic begins 10,000 years ago in an Asian jungle and ends today in kitchens all over the world”

Thats how the article starts