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Wikipedia entry on Raising Chickens - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken
Biology, history, and information concerning the chicken and its care. |
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Chickscope - http://chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/
A project to study chicken embryo development developed by educators, researchers, and teachers. |
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Incubation and Embryology Resources - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res00-index.html
University of Illinois Extension research project with varied information on subjects related to breeding, incubating, hatching, and raising chicks. |
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Chicken Characteristics - http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/resource-room/general/poultry/chicken.htm
Descriptive diagram of both the male and female chicken. |
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Poultry Disease Diagnosis - http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1276.htm
Outlines a plan for examining sick birds, deals with the flock history, the external examination, euthanasia, poultry anatomy and necropsy, to enable diagnosis and treatment of the flock. |
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Cyndilou's Chicken Flock: A Place about Chickens - http://www.cyndilou6.com
Information about chickens, their care, coops, breeds, chick care and brooder area, chicken pictures, and links. |
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Hatching Quality Chicks - http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1182.htm
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. |
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Chicken Production - http://www.antwifarms.com/chickenhome.shtml
Collection of links to research materials on production chicken husbandry including news, diseases, economics, reproduction, management, genetics, housing, and nutrition. |
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Kemp's Koops - http://www.poultrysupply.com/poultry/
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. |
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Avian Embryo - http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1150.htm
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. |
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How To Raise Day-Old Chicks in Your Back Yard - http://www.webelfin.com/chickens/index.html
Information on raising chicks with minimum equipment, including feeding, setup, problems, sexlinks, breeds, broody hens, pastured poultry, and free range chickens. |
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Gamefowl Dot Com - http://gamefowl.com/index.php
Discussion board focused on game chicken breeds with topics such as: breeding methods, egg care and incubation, biddie care, health and disease, and conditioning. Requires registration to enter. |
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Pocket Flocks - http://www.angelfire.com/de/pocketflocks/
Bantam chicken breeding, networking, and care information and links to many resources. |
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Articles - http://www.ameritech.net/users/rasillon/allarticles.html
Set of articles including general directions for sick birds, basic hatching, egg eating, basic silkie care, silkie genetics, and washing chickens before a show. |
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Southmead Poultry, Surrey - http://www.southmead.dsl.pipex.com
Many pure breed and hybrid chickens for sale in Leatherhead. Advice for beginners. |
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Poultry supplies and information - http://www.perfectpoultry.co.uk/
Feeders, drinkers, incubators, and chicken care information |
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Bantam Chickens and Waterfowl - http://www.eepsandpeeps.com
Breeder of bantam white crested black polish chickens, ducks, mandarin, grey call, american wood, white wood, white mandarins for sale. |
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Adding Amprolium to Chicken Feed - http://chikinman.tripod.com
Outlines research into whether including this antibiotic in their food affects weight gain in broiler chicks. |
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Orpington Breed Standards - http://freespace.virgin.net/mick.barrett/Breed_Standards.htm
Reference source for the recognized show/breed standards for the Orpington chicken. |
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Chicken Scientific Name and Scientific Names of Poultry Species - http://raisechickens.blogspot.com/2006/03/scientific-name-for-chicken.html
A list of the scientific names of the domestic chicken, as well as other common poultry species. |
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Poultry Management System - http://www.tulassi.com/pro.htm
Poultry software, Poultry management software, Poultry management system, Poultry computer system, Flock management software, Egg management software, Broiler management software, |
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Handbook on Poultry Diseases - http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/55/handbook-on-poultry-diseases
Information to assist veterinarians, students, and avian health professionals to diagnose, treat and prevent diseases in poultry flocks. |
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Amber Waves Show Silkies - http://www.showsilkies.com
Articles on raising silkie chickens. |
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poultryOne Guide to Raising Chickens - http://poultryone.com
Articles about raising poultry, and a forum. |
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The Life Cycle of the Chicken - http://www.mwt.net/~hobbyfarm/chicken.htm
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. |