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| Guest Editorial: |
| NAIS & Your Backyard Poultry By Pete Kennedy, Esq | 6 |
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| Letters to the Editor | 8 |
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| Coming Events | 14 |
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| Helpful Hints: |
| Flying the Coop: Vacation Care for Your Flock | 16 |
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| New Kid in the Flock: Integrating Poultry Flocks | 18 |
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| Managing Your Poultry: |
| Too Many Geese! | 22 |
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| Health: |
| The Answer Man | 25 |
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| Biosecurity Tips: Six Ways to Prevent Poultry Disease | 29 |
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| Toxins in the Environment | 30 |
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| Gardening with Poultry: |
| The Circle of Life: Using Chicken Manure as the Base for Compost | 36 |
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| Gardening with Guineas | 38 |
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| Breed Focus: |
| De-Uccle or Due-Clay? The Belgian d' Uccle Bantam | 42 |
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| Exhibition Bantams: Getting in the Game | 46 |
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| Backyard Poultry Photo Contest | 48 |
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| Recipes: |
| International Egg Recipes | 50 |
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| Make it Yourself: |
| The Whizbang: An Affordable Homemade Poultry Plucker | 52 |
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A Well-Planned Coop: The Details Make This Coop Efficient for Birds & Humans Alike | 57 |
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| Youth: |
| Gertrude McCluck: Chicken in Charge | 60 |
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| Poultry History: |
| Loyl Stromberg: Poultry's Grand Old Man | 62 |
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| Backyard Poultry Breeders Directory | 65 |
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