26 Sep
2024
26 Sep
'24
12:27 p.m.
Dear all,
Next week Wednesday at 4pm in the Psychology Common Room (and hybrid on Teams – link
below) we will have our first talk of the academic year 2024-2025. Jenny Mace, Independent
Researcher from Mace Animal Welfare.
Jenny will talk about "Pushing the boundaries in companion chicken care"
According to the latest estimates available, chickens are arguably the third most numerous
companion animal in many western countries. Despite this, there is limited research into
their welfare status or the behaviours and attitudes of their guardians when it comes to
chicken care. The few welfare studies that do exist suggest considerable welfare issues
for chickens in the domestic environment, including a euthanasia rate nearly 30 times that
reported for dogs. Thus, this questionnaire-based study sought to collect the most
wide-ranging and in-depth data on chicken care to date. There was a particular focus on
more novel and niche care taking practices, such as the growing phenomenon of
ex-commercial hen care, caring for indoor chickens, caring for disabled chickens, and use
of a hormonal implant to halt egg-laying for purported health and welfare benefits. This
talk will draw out the most important and novel results from the study. I look forward to
sharing this with you!
Link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a9823d93069124396a7a40d99c827…
Best,
Alex
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
26 Sep
26 Sep
3:28 p.m.
Hi BERGers & SHAIRers,
Further to this announcement about next week's talk on companion chickens: Everyone is
welcome to join for a drink/food with our speaker afterwards. To help keep things
inclusive and budget-friendly, we'll try out the idea of having 'honest box'
pizza and drinks in the Psych Common Room. To help prevent food waste, please let me know
by email (clare.andrews@stir.ac.uk<mailto:clare.andrews@stir.ac.uk>) by 10am on Weds
morning if you'll be staying around for some (plant-based) pizza afterwards. The more
the merrier – we don’t have any ‘pecking order’ round here 😉
Best wishes,
Clare
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Dear all,
Next week Wednesday at 4pm in the Psychology Common Room (and hybrid on Teams – link
below) we will have our first talk of the academic year 2024-2025. Jenny Mace, Independent
Researcher from Mace Animal Welfare.
Jenny will talk about "Pushing the boundaries in companion chicken care"
According to the latest estimates available, chickens are arguably the third most numerous
companion animal in many western countries. Despite this, there is limited research into
their welfare status or the behaviours and attitudes of their guardians when it comes to
chicken care. The few welfare studies that do exist suggest considerable welfare issues
for chickens in the domestic environment, including a euthanasia rate nearly 30 times that
reported for dogs. Thus, this questionnaire-based study sought to collect the most
wide-ranging and in-depth data on chicken care to date. There was a particular focus on
more novel and niche care taking practices, such as the growing phenomenon of
ex-commercial hen care, caring for indoor chickens, caring for disabled chickens, and use
of a hormonal implant to halt egg-laying for purported health and welfare benefits. This
talk will draw out the most important and novel results from the study. I look forward to
sharing this with you!
Link:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%…
Best,
Alex
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity
registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
2 Oct
2 Oct
11:23 a.m.
New subject: BERG-SHAIR meetings
Dear all,
This is a friendly reminder that today Jenny Mace, Independent Researcher from Mace Animal
Welfare, would give a talk about "Pushing the boundaries in companion chicken
care". We will meet in the Psychology Common Room at 4pm.
Here the link to attend the talk online:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%…
All the best,
Alex
________________________________
From: Clare Andrews <clare.andrews(a)stir.ac.uk>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2024 4:28 PM
To: Alejandro Sanchez Amaro <alejandro.sanchezamaro(a)stir.ac.uk>uk>; berg Mailing List
<berg(a)lists.stir.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: BERG-SHAIR meeting next week 2nd October
Hi BERGers & SHAIRers,
Further to this announcement about next week's talk on companion chickens: Everyone is
welcome to join for a drink/food with our speaker afterwards. To help keep things
inclusive and budget-friendly, we'll try out the idea of having 'honest box'
pizza and drinks in the Psych Common Room. To help prevent food waste, please let me know
by email (clare.andrews@stir.ac.uk<mailto:clare.andrews@stir.ac.uk>) by 10am on Weds
morning if you'll be staying around for some (plant-based) pizza afterwards. The more
the merrier – we don’t have any ‘pecking order’ round here 😉
Best wishes,
Clare
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Dear all,
Next week Wednesday at 4pm in the Psychology Common Room (and hybrid on Teams – link
below) we will have our first talk of the academic year 2024-2025. Jenny Mace, Independent
Researcher from Mace Animal Welfare.
Jenny will talk about "Pushing the boundaries in companion chicken care"
According to the latest estimates available, chickens are arguably the third most numerous
companion animal in many western countries. Despite this, there is limited research into
their welfare status or the behaviours and attitudes of their guardians when it comes to
chicken care. The few welfare studies that do exist suggest considerable welfare issues
for chickens in the domestic environment, including a euthanasia rate nearly 30 times that
reported for dogs. Thus, this questionnaire-based study sought to collect the most
wide-ranging and in-depth data on chicken care to date. There was a particular focus on
more novel and niche care taking practices, such as the growing phenomenon of
ex-commercial hen care, caring for indoor chickens, caring for disabled chickens, and use
of a hormonal implant to halt egg-laying for purported health and welfare benefits. This
talk will draw out the most important and novel results from the study. I look forward to
sharing this with you!
Link:
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/t-59584e83/?url=https%3A%…
Best,
Alex
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity
registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
________________________________
Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
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