Breeds

• Getting the Facts on Chicken Breeds
• A Gamebird For Everyone

Chickens

• Ameraucanas
• Araucanas
• Asils
• Bantam Breeds: Fun to Raise, Easy to Keep
• The Belgian d 'Uccle Bantam: A True Bantam Breed
• Brahmas: The Majestic Ones
• Buckeyes: All-American Chickens
• The American Buttercup: The Crown of the Fancy
• Cubalayas & Wheaten Plumage
• The Delaware Chicken
• The Dominique: America's First Chicken Breed
• Frizzles: One of Our Odd "Breeds"
• Heritage Chickens for Your Homestead
• The Japanese Bantam
• The Japanese Bantam: A "True-ly" Regal Bird
• Raising a Critically Endangered Breed: The Java Experience
• Marans Chickens: Layers of Chocolate Brown Eggs
• Modern Game Bantams
• Naked Neck/Turkens: Birds of a Different Feather
• Nankin Bantams: Something Old, Something New
• Old English Game & American Game Bantams: What's the Difference?
• Plymouth Rocks: The Heirloom Breed
• The Polish Bantam
• The Polish Chicken: The Royalty of Poultry
• Judging Polish Chickens: Winning in the Show Ring Requires a Good Head, Quality Feathering & Good Timing
• Pyncheon Bantams
• The History of the Rhode Island Red: A Dual-Purpose Backyard Breed
• Silkies: The Furry, Five-Toed Bantam Chicken
• Some Historic Breeds Are Better Adapted to Cold Weather
• Sunday-Dinner Chicken: Alternatives to the Cornish Cross
• Top 10 Chicken Questions Answered
• The Jersey Giant: An Outstanding Heritage Meat Breed
• The Dutch Bantam: A True Bantam Breed

Guineas

• Gardening with Guineas
• Got Ticks? Get Guineas

Peafowl

• The Glorious & Mystical Peacock
• The Peacock Man: Then & Now
• How to Successfully Incubate Peafowl Eggs

Pigeons

• Pigeon Love

Quail

• Smooth Quailing

Turkeys

• Bubba the Bourbon Red
• Comparing Heritage Turkey Varieties
• Keeping a Flock of Jersey Buff Turkeys

Waterfowl

• The Homestead Waterfowl Flock

Ducks

• Cayuga Ducks
• The Cayuga Duck
• The Muscovy Duck
• The Khaki Campbell Duck
• Raising Ducks
• The Silver Appleyard: A Great All-Round Duck

Geese

• Pilgrim Geese

Breeding

• Traditional Breeding Programs for the Home Flock
• Working with Broody Hens: Let Mama Do It
• Selecting for the Broody Trait: The Boxwood Broody
• Working with the Cock(s) in the Flock
• Matching a Breed to a System
• Why Choose Traditional Poultry Breeds?
• Breeding the Home Flock
• Start Those Chicks Right
• Breeding for Vitality: Become a Steward of the Breed

Community

• MadCity Chickens Political Movement Works to Pass a Poultry Ordinance
• A Village Needs Supplies
• Opening Day at the National Poultry Museum

Eggs

• The Incredible, Edible Egg^TM: It Truly Is!
• Eggcellence in Cocktails
• How to Get More Eggs!
• Backyard Chicken Eggs Are Safe

Feed

• Making Your Own Poultry Feed
• A Winter Menu: Changing Poultry Feed by the Season
• The Challenges & Rewards of Making Our Own Feeds
• A Feed Formulation Spreadsheet
• Calcium Should Only Be Offered Free-Choice
• Bean Sprouts as a Dietary Supplement for Your Flock
• A Popcorn Christmas Tree for the Flock

Financial Opportunities

• Pasturing Poultry
• Sunny-Side Meadows
• Stepping Up to Production for a Small Broiler Market: Thinking it Through
• Business Opportunities Abound
• We Did It, Can You? Poultry-Keeping Workshop Educates Newbies & Offers Profits for Planners
• Game Birds: An Income Opportunity

Health

• The Answer Man: Free-ranging birds & predators, "Decrowing" roosters, Scaly leg mites, Medicated feed for chicks, Guineas for Tick Control
• Ah! There's Nothing Like A Good Dustbath In The Afternoon
• AI: What Is It?
• The Answer Man: Candling Eggs, Feather Loss Raises Many Questions, Egg-Eating Hens, Calcium In Layer’s Diet, Irritating Scaly Mites, An Egg Within An Egg
• Controlling Mites in Your Poultry Flock
• The Chicken's Comb
• New Kid in the Flock: Integrating Poultry Flocks
• The Answer Man: Defined Number of Ova, Chickens That Can't Roost?, Abnormal Rooster Behavior, Hatch Not Up to Usual Expectations, Spots on Comb, Meal Worms & Feeding Flax Seed
• It's Hot Out There: Caring for Your Poultry in Hot Weather
• Preventing Egg Eating
• Herbs for Spring Eggs and Breeding
• How to Vaccinate Poultry Chicks for Marek's Disease
• The Scientific Chicken
• An Herbal Mash for Sick Chickens
• The Answer Man: Cedar Shavings Not Recommended, Vent Gleet Easy to Treat, Fowl Pox, Aspirin Solution
• Determining Sex in Chicks
• The Answer Man: Floating Eggs Not a Factor in Determining Viability, Medicated Feed for Chicks, Are Native Plants Toxic to Poultry?, Scaly Leg Mites
• The Answer Man: Layer Issues
• What an Avian Vet Wants You to Know About Backyard Chickens
• The Answer Man: Chicken Lays Wrinkled Egg, This Egg Harder to Explain, Blindness in Chickens

Helpful Hints

• Protect Your Barebacked Hens With An Inexpensive Poultry Saddle
• Flying the Coop: Vacation Care for Your Flock
• Which Chicken is Which? Identifying Poultry in a Backyard Flock
• Preserve Your Experience & Heritage in a Poultry Journal
• Top 10 Nest Box Ideas Around the Farm. Look Around: You May Already Have What You Need!
• Putting the Flock to Work
• How To Photograph Your Flock
• Seasonal Chickens: Cook Chicken Based on Bird's Age
• Build Your Own Small-Scale Chicken Plucker
• Pick Your Plucker
• Turn a Polywoven Feed Sack Into a Reusable Shopping Bag
• Helpful Hints from Long-time Flock Keeper
• Knot Tying: A Useful Skill
• Preparing the Flock for Winter
• One Dozen Tips to Legalize Backyard Chickens in Your Community
• Hatch Those Eggs
• Six Keys to Selecting a Chicken Breed

Housing

• Chicken Coop Building Instructions
• Mad-City Chickens Hosts Backyard Chicken Coop Tour
• Preparing for Winter
• Movable Chicken Tractor Coop #1
• Movable Chicken Tractor Coop #2
• A "Coup de Ville" Movable Poulty House
• Winging It: Our First Time Building a Chicken Coop
• Designing a Pasture Shelter
• Profile of a Lot: A Surprisingly Special Place
• 4 Coop Plans Made From Recycled Materials
• My Dream Finally Realized: Started with the Coop
• "Coop DeVilla" My Recycled Trailer
• Using a Chicken Tractor in Winter
• A Modern Chicken Coop: Student Entrepreneurs Start Chicken Coop Company
• Coop Creations: Thinking Outside the Box
• A Nest Box with a 21st Century Design
• Want Healthy Birds? Give Them Fresh Air!

Just For Fun

• Chickens Make Great Neighbors
• Sophie's Story
• Raising Chickens is More Than the Activity; But Don't Bother Trying to Explain It
• Fowl Play: Something More to Brood About
• A Chicken Christmas Tale

Make It Yourself

• A Drown-Proof Waterer
• Make an Inexpensive Poultry Feeder
• Portable Poultry Runs
• Build Your Own Pastured Poultry Pen
• Cheap Tricks for Winter's Challenges
• The Whizbang: An Affordable Homemade Poultry Plucker
• A Heater for the Hen House

Predation

• No More Chicken Dinner: Training Dogs Around Poultry

Your Voice

• Traditional American Poultry
• Educating Yourself Makes AI Less Threatening
• The Original White Meat: Farm, Table & Energy Friendly
• Paper or Plastic?

Youth

• A Young Man Shares His Poultry Knowledge
• Bathe Chickens? Why Would I Do That?
• Gertrude McCluck: Chicken in Charge
• Showmanship: A Fun Thing To Do
• Gertrude McCluck: Chicken in Charge
• Gertrude McCluck: Chicken in Charge: 2010 Youth Writer Contest Stories
• Parts of a Chicken
• Gertrude McCluck: Chicken in Charge - Gertrude Cookie Craft
• Gertrude McCluck: Chicken in Charge: 2011 Youth Writing Contest Stories