Contents
Breeds of Chicken
Breeds of Duck
Breeds of Geese
Laying hens
Brooding chicks
Rearing ducks
Predators and control
Housing
Health problems
Great Links
Recipes
Who we are
Game birds
Butchering
Grazing
Pest Control
Homepages
Jokes and stories
Pictures of our birds
Sources of birds
Broody hens
Selling eggs and meat
Feeding
water
Exhibition
Turkeys
Guinea Fowl
Incubators
Salmonella
Moulting - feather loss
Eggs
Hybrids
Glossary
Books
Winter
Taxonomy
Pages collated by
Jill Bowis of
started November 1999 |
Sci. Agriculture. Poultry
FAQ's and Digest
These pages are being made
up from the wealth of practical and technical knowledge that can be found
on the newsgroup. None of the topics are finished - they probably
never will be - we always have something to learn. If there is something
you wnat to know that is not here - get on the group and ask - they are
a really friendly group and no question is too simple - and hopefully if
it is complicated someone will be able to help find the answer. The group
is made up from all walks of poultry keeping from 2 birds in the city to
commercial egg and meat producers - and from all over the world. The answers
here are mostly from experience and are personal - there are no guarentees
that the information is correct for your situation. We hope you will find
them interesting.
LOCATION OF GROUP POSTERS
(if the name is underlined
then the person has given permission for their email address to be included
- web sites will be included if possible) - if there is infomation missing,
incorrect, or you wish to be deleted please get in touch with Jill
| Australia
USA United
Kingdom Europe Africa
South America Asia |
| Australia |
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| Salli |
Great Southern Region, Western
Australia |
ducks, geese, chickens |
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| Ford family |
Western Australia - Kalgoorlie
-dry and dusty |
ducks |
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| C. Lavender Kirby |
New South Wales |
chickens |
(RIR, Andalusians, "League
of Nations" ) |
| Lianne |
New Zealand |
chickens |
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| Miguel de Salas |
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| Nicholas McDavitt |
West Gippsland area of Vic, Australia |
chickens |
Light Sussex, Silkies, Aracauna |
| Australia
USA United
Kingdom Europe Africa
South America Asia |
| USA |
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| Tami |
central New York |
geese |
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| Monica McKenna |
New York |
chickens, guinea fowl |
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| Chip |
Foster, Rhode Island |
chickens,ducks |
Buff Orps, bantams |
| Ben & Karen Sparks |
Wisconsin |
chickens |
Blue Cochin, dual purpose |
| Jim Keyes |
Wisconsin |
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| Kaliya |
South Central Montana |
ducks |
Khaki Campbells, Welsh Harlequins,Black
Swedish,and Muskovies |
| Jerry |
Southern West Virginia |
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| Roger |
Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia |
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| Tyr Bergen |
Northern California |
chicken |
Rhode Island Red |
| Jerry & Kathleen Crawford |
Kentucky |
geese, ducks
(Beefalo cattle) |
Pilgrims and Embdens
Khaki Campbells, Mallards,
and crosses |
| Lisa Vawter |
Bucks County, in Pennsylvania,
though I used to live in Norfolk, UK! |
chickens |
Ameraucanas, RIRs and Australorps |
| Sara |
Pennsylvania, about 20 miles
north of the Mason Dixon line and right along the east of the Appalachians. |
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| Deadgoat |
western mtns of North Carolina |
chickens, turkeys (goats) |
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| Eileen Gregory |
Piedmont of North Carolina,
about 10 miles west of Carrboro and Chapel Hill |
chickens |
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| Rob B. |
NorthEastern N C near Nags
Head |
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| Laurie |
Apex, NC |
chickens |
Cochin |
| Jennifer |
Southern Maryland |
dual purpose chickens and
some cheeky bantams. |
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| Nancy |
South Louisiana |
chickens |
Buff Orpington, Golden Laced
Wyandotte |
| Bob and Darlene |
Maryville, TN |
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| Todd |
Drummonds, Tennessee.. on
the banks of the Mississippi river |
chickens |
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| Gary |
Mid-Michigan |
chickens |
Barred Rock |
| Kevin |
Almont, Mi, (Mid-Thumb) |
chickens |
Leghorn/RIR and Cochin
Bantams |
| Richard |
Vermont 1100 ft. above sea |
chickens |
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| Pete and Tamara |
Green Mountains of Northern
Vermont |
chickens |
RIR, Barred Rock |
| Russ |
Dallas, Georgia |
chickens,Turkey, (pigs) |
RIR |
| Marti and Dave |
43 acres of pasture/trees
in Elma Wa |
Chickens, (Cows) |
RIR, Buff Orpington, Barred
Rock, Black sexlink |
| John B Hines |
Chicago |
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| Scott |
Texas |
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| Marylee Klinkhammer |
N. E. Texas |
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| Annette |
Hawaii |
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| Evelyn Hitchcock |
Pocatello, Idaho - intermountain
west: about a "mile high" at 4500 + ft. |
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| David Maxfield |
Bainbridge Island, WA |
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| Katherine |
West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard,
Massachusetts |
chickens
Pictures |
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| Bart Higdon |
Chickamauga, GA USA |
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| Katy Skinner |
Portland, Oregon, USA. |
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| Jane Marceau |
New Mexico |
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| Todd Maihle |
Washington DC Metro Area. |
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| Jennifer |
Washington DC |
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| Lee and Nancy Skaggs |
Louisiana |
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| Andrew |
Wolfeboro, N.H. |
chickens |
Buff Orpingtons |
| Paul Nyugen |
Texas |
chickens |
gamebirds |
| Larry |
Twinsburg, OH |
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| Don Joe |
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| Shawn and Pamela Hogan |
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chickens, ornamental pheasants, guinea fowl, |
Buff Orpington |
| Darcie |
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| Charlie |
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| Jim Kelso |
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| Martine |
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Exhibition poultry, |
Rhode Island Reds, Australorps,
Plymouth
Rocks, Sussex Light and Marans. |
| Jai |
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| Selene |
Seattle |
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| Diane |
New Richmond, OH |
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| Rick Brown |
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chickens |
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| Greg Brahms |
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| Skip and Christy Hensler |
Newport, Wash. |
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| John de Saavedra |
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Chickens |
breed and show Japanese Bantams, RIR
Bantams, Dark Cornish Bantams, and New Hampshire
Bantams |
| Jon and Kim Eskola |
East Tennessee |
Chickens |
Buff Orpingtons |
Australia
USA United
Kingdom Europe
Africa South America
Asia
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| United Kingdom |
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| Mary |
I once lived in California,
but now I live in Yorkshire, England. |
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| Peggy |
used to live in the midwest
(Iowa - Minnesota - North Dakota) but now live in SW Scotland. |
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| Ally |
Northumberland, England |
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| Jill
Bowis
Kintaline
Farm Plant and Poultry Centre |
Oban, Argyll west coast
Scotland |
chickens, ducks, geese (Jacob
Sheep, used to have dairy goats) |
(Black Rock hybrid, Buff
Orpington, Maran, Welsummer, White Wyandotte, Light Sussex, Rhode Island
Red, White Leghorn, Black Leghorn,) - (Muscovy, Swedish Blue, Shetland,
Khaki Campbell,) - (Chinese x Grey Back) |
| Ket |
Gloucestershire, England. |
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| Sak |
England (used to live in
SW Scotland Portpatrick - near Stranraer) |
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| Andrew Wilson |
South Lanarkshire in Scotland |
chickens
5 pet goats. |
120 laying hens (Lohmann Brown) |
| Mick |
Graemsay Island, Orkney, Scotland |
Chickens |
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| Australia
USA United
Kingdom Europe
Africa South
America Asia |
| Europe |
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| Denise |
originally from Scotland,
now living on a Greek island. |
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| Kees |
north of the Netherlands |
chickens |
(??Modern English Fighting bantams.??) showing |
| Australia
USA United
Kingdom Europe
Africa South
America Asia |
| Africa |
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| Australia
USA United
Kingdom Europe
Africa South
America Asia |
| South America |
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| Australia
USA United
Kingdom Europe
Africa South
America Asia |
| Asia |
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