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Backyard Chickens
How To Raise Chickens, Build chicken coops, Incubate eggs and Hatch chicks - Everything you need to know about raising chickens in your own backyard.

Breeds of Poultry
Information about many breeds of poultry.

Chicken: Bantam & Large by Breed
Find all the chicken breeds from Ancona to Yokohama. We provide history, tips, characteristics and information on different breeds of chickens. Alongside other useful information you will find the chicken breeds purpose, their origin, egg color and the egg numbers.

Chickenscope
View the embryo developement of a chick.

poultryOne
is the ultimate online destination for raising chickens in the urban backyard or garden.

Feathersite
An on-line zoological garden of domestic poultry, including photos, video and information about various breeds of fowl, such as chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, peafowl, pigeons, and turkeys. Various wildfowl are also included.

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Hatcheries and Supplies

Check out these hatcheries for care and breed information,
plus supplies and gifts for the chicken lover.

My Pet Chicken
It's easy and rewarding to keep backyard chickens, and we can supply everything you need to get started including baby chicks, chicken coops, accessories, books and free "how to" information, plus fun gifts and rooster decor.

Welp's Hatchery
Welp Hatchery of Iowa offers a wide variety of day-old poultry including chickens, turkeys, pheasants, geese, and ducks. We can handle all sizes of orders and can ship any anywhere in the United States throughout the year.

Ideal Poultry
Our business is built on customer service and quality poultry, from rare white and brown egg layers to broilers, ducks, chukar, turkeys and bantams. IDEAL is the largest supplier of backyard poultry in the United States, shipping close to 5 million chicks annually

McMurray Hatchery
Large selection of day old chicks, poultry and exotic fowl. Homestead supplies and poultry equipment available for sale.

ChickHatchery.com
A hobby hatchery of John W Blehm, offering day-old Ameraucana and Chantecler chicks.

Automatic Chicken Coop Door
100% Reduction in Predator Kills

HenSaver: Patent-pending triple-layer hen apron.
A hen apron, or saddle, is a device worn by hens to protect their backs from roosters during mating. When roosters mate with hens, the hens often sustain feather loss and cuts and gashes on their backs and shoulders that can lead to infection, picking, cannibalism and death.

Henspa: The Ulimate Backyard Coop
They have a variety of coop kits and preassembled units.
A great place for coop ideas.

Omlet, the art of keeping chickens!

Cutler's Supply,Inc.
We carry supplies for pheasant, peafowl, ratite, poultry, gamebirds, pigeons, waterfowl, quail and cage birds. Featuring netting, incubators, leg bands, egg trays, anti-peck devices, books, feeders, waterers, brooders, chicken nests, medicine and much more.

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Chicken Health

Guide to Disease and Behavior Diagnosis

A-Z Poutry Disease Index

Poultry Help

Yahoo! Group Chickens 101
A Great place to post a question and get the answer.

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Books and Gifts

Farm Gifts

Chickens in Your Backyard By: Rick & Gail Luttmann

Welp's Hatchery
The Family Poultry Flock edited by: Lee Schwanz

Norton Creek Press
Practical books on poultry and livestock management

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