Web Directory

» Adding Amprolium to Chicken Feed
   Outlines research into whether including this antibiotic in their food affects weight gain in broiler chicks.
   http://chikinman.tripod.com

» Amber Waves Show Silkies
   Articles on raising silkie chickens.
   http://www.showsilkies.com

» Articles
   Set of articles including general directions for sick birds, basic hatching, egg eating, basic silkie care, silkie genetics, and washing chickens before a show.
   http://users.ameritech.net/rasillon/allarticles.html

» Avian Embryo
   An in-depth look at the way an egg develops, in only three weeks, into a newly hatched chick. Provides advice on constructing an incubator and some embryology projects.
   http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1150.htm

» Bantam Chickens and Waterfowl
   Breeder of bantam white crested black polish chickens, ducks, mandarin, grey call, American wood, white wood, white mandarins for sale.
   http://www.eepsandpeeps.com

» Bantams
   University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension publication.
   http://learningstore.uwex.edu/pdf/NCR209.pdf

» Best Breeds of Chickens
   Mississippi State University Extension Service discussion on the selection of a particular breed for a home flock.
   http://msucares.com/poultry/management/poultry_best_breed.html

» Chicken Characteristics
   Descriptive diagram of both the male and female chicken.
   http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/resource-room/general/poultry/chicken.htm

» Chicken House Plans
   Provides information on building your own mobile or static coop. Includes articles, videos and audio clips.
   http://bestchickenhouseplans.info/

» Chicken Production
   Collection of links to research materials on production chicken husbandry including news, diseases, economics, reproduction, management, genetics, housing, and nutrition.
   http://www.antwifarms.com/chickenhome.shtml

» Chicken Scientific Name and Scientific Names of Poultry Species
   A list of the scientific names of the domestic chicken, as well as other common poultry species.
   http://raisechickens.blogspot.com/2006/03/scientific-name-for-chicken.html

» Chickscope
   A project to study chicken embryo development developed by educators, researchers, and teachers.
   http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/

» City Girls
   Blog about a flock of backyard chickens living in Seattle.
   http://www.citygirlsseattle.webs.com

» Cyndilou's Chicken Flock: A Place about Chickens
   Information about chickens, their care, coops, breeds, chick care and brooder area, chicken pictures, and links.
   http://www.cyndilou6.com

» DIY Chicken Coop Plans
   Offers an ebook with information on raising chickens and building a chicken coop.
   http://www.diycoopplans.com/

» For the Love of Chickens
   A longtime chicken fancier provides information for chicken enthusiasts. Includes tips on care, feeding, fitting and showing chickens.
   http://www.fortheloveofchickens.com

» Getting Started in Game Fowl Breeding
   Provides information on game chicken breeding. Includes some readers' comments.
   http://www.mixph.com/2007/05/getting-started-in-gamefowl-breeding.html

» Handbook on Poultry Diseases
   Information to assist veterinarians, students, and avian health professionals to diagnose, treat and prevent diseases in poultry flocks.
   http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/55/handbook-on-poultry-diseases

» Hatching Quality Chicks
   Provides guidance on breeder flock management, the selection and care of eggs including fumigation and storage, incubators and incubation procedures, with a trouble-shooting chart.
   http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1182.pdf

» How To Raise Day-Old Chicks in Your Back Yard
   Information on raising chicks with minimum equipment, including feeding, setup, problems, sexlinks, breeds, broody hens, pastured poultry, and free range chickens.
   http://www.webelfin.com/chickens/index.html

» Incubation and Embryology Resources
   University of Illinois Extension research project with varied information on subjects related to breeding, incubating, hatching, and raising chicks.
   http://urbanext.illinois.edu/eggs/res00-index.html

» Jane's Backyard Chickens
   Jane Wright gives good advice on raising chickens and anecdotes from her chicken peeps.
   http://janesbackyardchickens.com

» Just Sussex Poultry
   Provides photographs and descriptions of light, silver, speckled and buff Sussex chickens and bantams.
   http://www.justsussex.com/id1.html

» Kasturi: Poultry
   Provides hatchery, layer and broiler business management software for the poultry industry allowing control over production and performance details, stock levels and inventory management.
   http://www.kasturi.info

» Keeping Chickens at Home Blog
   Personal journal with pictures and video showing beginners how to keep chickens at home.
   http://keepingchickens.blogspot.com

» Kemp's Koops
   Information on Old English Game bantams featuring photo series of hatching process, articles on breeding and raising, photos from the 1997 National Meet, and photos of varieties.
   http://www.poultrysupply.com/poultry/

» Longtail Fowl and Longcrowers of the World
   Articles, information, and pictures of ornamental longtail fowl in many breeds.
   http://www.longtail-fowl.com/

» Pekin Bantams
   Articles, forum, and links for those raising bantams.
   http://www.pekinbantams.com

» Perfect Poultry
   Feeders, drinkers, incubators, and chicken care information.
   http://www.perfectpoultry.co.uk/

» Pocket Flocks
   Bantam chicken breeding, networking, and care information and links to many resources.
   http://www.angelfire.com/de/pocketflocks/

» Poultry Management System
   Providers of poultry management software for both egg and meat producing flocks.
   http://www.tulassi.com/pro.html

» Poultry: Chickens
   Classification, origins, characteristics, breeds and production systems.
   http://www.smallstock.info/breeds/chickens.htm

» Rosecomb Bantam Federation
   Information on this organisation, the rosecomb breed standard, meetings, members and various articles on rosecombs.
   http://www.rosecomb.com/federation/

» Scots Dumpy Genetics
   Provides information on the history of this short legged breed which is known as Krueper in continental Europe.
   http://www.scotsdumpy.co.uk/kreuperarticle.html

» The City Chicken
   Provides plenty of information to help city dwellers to get started in this enterprise, including details of coops and workshops to attend.
   http://home.centurytel.net/thecitychicken/

» The Dutch Bantam Site
   Provides information for fanciers of the breed including articles, photographs and a discussion board.
   http://the-coop.org/dutch/dutch1.html

» The Easy Chicken
   Plenty of helpful information to help a beginner set up a poultry enterprise.
   http://www.shilala.com/

» The Garden Coop
   Chicken coop plans and advice for do-it-yourself backyard poultry keepers including both walk-in and mobile style coops. FAQ and free plan previews.
   http://www.thegardencoop.com/

» The Life Cycle of the Chicken
   Outline of development of a chicken from before to after being in the egg. Chick feeding information, breeds information, informational coloring pages, and science projects with an egg.
   http://www.mwt.net/~hobbyfarm/chicken.htm

» The Urban Chicken
   Mobile Register, Alabama news, articles on chicken care and keeping and on laws regarding backyard flocks. Has how to build a chicken ark.
   http://www.al.com/specialreport/mobileregister/?chickens.html

» Wikipedia entry on Raising Chickens
   Biology, history, and information concerning the chicken and its care.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken

» poultryOne Guide to Raising Chickens
   Articles about raising poultry, and a forum.
   http://poultryone.com