Information Package / Course Catalogue
Alternative Chicken Production
Course Code: ZZO546
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

the aim of this course is to provide information about the alternative egg poultry and meat poultry. Course topics include alternative breeding systems in the eggs and meat production used.

Course Content

the aim of this course is to provide information about the alternative egg poultry and meat poultry. Course topics include alternative breeding systems in the eggs and meat production used.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Zeynep YARDIM
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to acquire information about an alternative egg production systems and alternative rearing systems,
2.to be able to gain information about aimed and used of traditional and enriched cage systems
3.to be able to gain information about cage independent and based- pasture in free breeding systems
4.to be able to recognize the alternative meat production and closed breeding systems
5.to be able to acquire experience about meat production and disease control based on Pasture systems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Domestic Poultry 4th Edition.Csiro Publishing, Avustralya, 2001.
2.Rich, S., 2008. Free Range Chickens
3.Kilarski B.,2003. Keep chickens!: tending small flocks in cities, suburbs, and other small spaces. Storey Publishing
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Alternative Breeding Systems
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Alternative Egg Production Systems
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Traditional Frame Systems
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
The enriched Frame Systems
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Cage-free Off Breeding Systems
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Pasture-based Self-Breeding Systems
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Integrated Systems
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Alternative Meat Production Systems
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Off Breeding System
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
pasture-based Free Breeding Systems meat production
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Disease Control
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
predator Control
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Alternative Chicken Production in Turkey
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
The Importance of Alternative Poultry Production
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice142256
Term Project120121
Midterm Examination125227
Final Examination135237
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)197
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
4
5
3
4
4
4
5
OÇ-2
4
5
3
4
3
3
4
OÇ-3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
5
4
3
4
4
4
OÇ-5
5
4
3
5
4
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026