excellent poultry health site General information
Backyard ChickensEnthusiasts’ site for owners of pet chickens. Has an active message board where people can get answers from one another.
McMurray HatcheryThis hatchery’s site has lots of pictures and info about various breeds, as well as excellent info on chick care.
Breeds of ChickensOklahoma State University’s site discusses the dispositions of various breeds.
Mad City ChickensWhen the city of Madison, Wisconsin, made backyard chicken-keeping legal, folks there flocked together and assembled these resources to help beginning chicken owners.
The Easy Chicken for Beginners – General tips.
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Mail-order coops
The Henspa
The Egglu : Check out the urban coop!.
Just for fun
Mike the Headless ChickenThe story of Mike, who survived his 1945 decapitation to live another 1.5 years, earning fame and fortune for his owners.
The Natural History of the ChickenThis highly entertaining PBS documentary focuses as much on the nutty people who keep chickens as on the birds themselves.
Chicken StoriesIncluding answers to the famous question, “Why did the chicken cross the road?”
Custom Coops: From penthouse perches to covered porches, city chickens are sitting pretty. Highlights from the annual coop tour show off owner’s coop designs.
The Chicken: Its Biological, Social, Cultural, and Industrial History from Neolithic Middens to McNuggets. This
2002 Yale conference site has an overview and papers tracing the complex history of the relationship between humans and hens.