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Ethogram for Chicken

General behavior Description Code
Standing Not moving on two feet, body not touching the floor ST
Sitting Body and both hocks touching the floor underneath or directly on either SI
side of the bird
Lying Lying on its side, with both feet on the same side of the bird L
Walking Slow locomotion, the first foot is put down on the floor before the W
second one is lofted (without pecking or scratching)
Pecking Pecking on the ground or objects PE
Foraging Walking with pecking and scratching FO
Running Rapid locomotion, the second foot is lifted before the first is set down R
Preening Moving the beak over the feathers PR
Feeding Pecking at the feeder, or between such pecks FE
Drinking Pecking at the drinker, followed by tilting of the head D
Shaking Rapid whole-body movement mostly associated with ruffling of the SH
feathers or shaking dust from the plumage
Aggression Fights including pecking at another chicken A
Dust bathing Foot scratching and bill-raking the litter or lose soil, followed by vertical DB
wing shaking, head rubbing, bill-raking and/or scratching with one leg
whilst lying
Stretching Elongation of the leg not associated with walking ST
Comfort behavior Includes wing flapping body shaking, feather ruffling and tail waggling CB
but not preening
Head flick Rapid head movements in horizontal plane HF
Scratching Stepping backwards whilst raking the feet across the floor SC

Ethogram Observation

Scorer: Mary Antionette B. Marquez Time Behavioral Code
Date: 11-28-2021 0s ST
Time Started: 3:52 pm 5s W
Time Finished: 3:53 pm 10s ST
Animal: White leghorn hen 15s ST
20s ST
25s HF
30s FO
35s PE
40s PE
45s ST
50s W
55s FO
60s ST

Almost half of the time that the chicken was observed, it was standing and not moving in its
position. For 10 seconds, the chicken is walking around in a slow manner, doing rapid head movements,
foraging around and pecking around the ground. The observer hypothesize that the chicken would mostly
be running around, but without threats in its immediate environment, what it showed is the opposite and
performed a docile nature.