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Poultry

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Urban Poultry: Examples of housing for backyard poultry flocks. Source: Jacquie Jacob, University of KentuckyCity chickens are becoming more popular in the United States...; More...

Online survey for backyard poultry keepers: The Center for Animal Welfare in the Department of Animal Science at University of California, Davis seeks your input on the health and well-being of backyard...; More...

Deciding what type of poultry to raise in small or backyard flocks: Once you have decided you want to raise poultry, you need to decide which species of poultry you are interested in. This is primarily based on what you want to...; More...

Small-Scale Poultry Housing: In planning housing for your small poultry flock, you need to consider a variety of issues. Some are associated with the practical matters of having a coop on...; More...

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Survey for backyard poultry owners

Upcoming Webinars

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Predator management with small and backyard poultry flocks (August 22, 2013; 7 PM Eastern)
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Parasite control in small poultry flocks (October 17, 2013; 7 PM Eastern)

Videos

Constructing a hoop-pen for pasture poultry production

Poultry Anatomy

External

Internal

Poultry Behavior

Normal behavior
Behavioral problems
- Egg eating
- Feather pecking and cannibalism
Interaction with other species

Poultry Biology

Getting Started

What to get?

Where to get your birds?

Obtaining birds for small and backyard poultry flocks

Poultry Housing

Poultry Management

Health

Behavior management

Organic Poultry Production

Feeding

Feeds

Basic poultry nutrition
Anti-nutritional factors in feed ingredients
Fishmeal
Legumes
Meat and bone meal
Mycotoxins
Oilseeds
Alternative feed ingredients
- Amaranth
- Buckwheat
- Canola meal
- Earthworms
- Oats
- Potato protein
- Quinoa
- Rice bran
- Rye
- Seaweed

Answers from our Experts

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