GRIT article: "Perfect Chickens"

haven't finished reading it yet, but looks interesting. would love to chat about it!

tf
GRIT article:
http://www.grit.com/article/2007/09/Perfect-Chickens.html

here is a link to Poultry Breeders Guide:
http://www.poultrybreedersguide.com/

the Poultry Extension Resource page at Penn State :
http://poultryextension.psu.edu/

History of Breeds from University of Illinois Extension:
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/eggs/res10-breedhistory.html

Web Home for All Kinds of Bantam Chickens:
http://www.bantychicken.com/

The ICYouSee Handy-Dandy Chicken Chart An Alphabetical List of More than 60 Chicken Breeds With Comparative Information:
http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html





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OK, this is REALLY cool. has pics and everything. now i think i gotta have SPanish.

funny, it doesn't mention that seramas are the smallest...

tf

How do you go about finding a specific breed? I'd be interested in the Faverolle since the article said they're good for meat, eggs and are hardy.

MollyD

there are some online breeder lists. i will check and post some links here...

tf

here is club info in Massachusetts. that's where i would start if i wanted one...

http://www.poultrybreedersguide.com/alpha_/Faverolles_Fanciers_of_America-36-0-0-0.html

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well, i can't do any more editing today, and i was wanting all this info at the top...


My all-time favortie source of poultry information, FEATHERSITE:
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKPoultryPage.html

some of these links are elswhere, i just thought it would be helpful to have them together in one place!

tf

Thanks for those links TamaraFaye. I'll look into them.

MollyD

this is great reading!

just bumping up this great article...

everyone who hasn't should read this article...