Sneak Peek
Self Paced 20-hour course to help you understand more about raising and caring for chickens and poultry.
The Caring for Chickens and Other Poultry Study Guide is a complete
learning guide for people who already own or are considering buying
their first flock! This short course will help you to
become familiar with the scope of the industry in your area and will test your knowledge as you progress, so you can feel confident handling the practical
issues of poultry care. You receive a digital Certificate of Completion at the end - an ideal way to formalise your learning if you work in pet care or the poultry industry.
This short course covers 6 lessons that explores the history and origins
of chickens and other poultry, the overall nature of caring for
chickens, recognising breeds, the fundamentals of feeding and nutrition,
health care, general management of a flock and the industry services
and opportunities. It is designed to take around 20 hours to complete
from start to finish, with online short quizzes to check and review what you've learnt at the end of each chapter, and a final online test to receive your named, dated 'Certificate of Completion'.
Our 20 hour courses are self paced and will help you understand a topic in a short amount of time. You can work through the course when you like- test yourself with mini-tests along the way. There are extra case studies or research you can undertake if you would really like to get into the topic. Once you have completed the lessons and self assessment tasks, there is a final exam undertaken online- you can then download your personalised certificate.
COURSE CONTENTS - What do you learn?
LESSON 1 SCOPE AND NATURE OF DOMESTICATED POULTRY
A brief history
Keeping poultry – profit or pleasure
Chickens
Turkeys
Ducks
Don’t buy sick birds
How to help hatchings chicks
How to revive ‘dead’ hatchlings
Poultry products and uses
Value adding to poultry products
Concerns for human health
Lesson 1 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 2 BREEDS
Basic nomenclature
Categories of breeds
Breeds
Chicken (fowl) classification
Lesson 2 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 3 FOOD AND WATER
Feeding for stages – starter, growth, maintenance
Nutrition during reproduction
Digestive system
Nutrients from feed
Water requirements
Favourite treats
Feeding fowls
Feeding turkeys
Feeding ducks
Feeding geese
Lesson 3 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 4 HEALTH
A definition of health
First aid kit for poultry
Administering medication by syringe
Common poisonous household products
General basic care
Common diseases affecting poultry
Parasites
Lesson 4 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 5 MANAGEMENT
Housing and shelter
Managing waste
Environmental issues
Regulations for keeping poultry
Management procedures for breeding
Meat production procedures
Lesson 5a additional reading
Lesson 5b additional reading
Review what you have been learning
LESSON 6 THE POULTRY INDUSTRY
Working in the poultry industry
Farm management – egg, meat or breeder
Lesson 6 additional reading
Review what you have been learning
FINAL ASSESSMENT
How does this course work?
You can enrol at any time.
Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.
There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end
of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and
each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need
internet access to complete the self assessment tests.
At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment
which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60%
pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of
completion with your name on it.