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Chickens & Ducks

Chickens & DucksA guide to finding informative websites about chickens and ducks along with supplies for their keeping.

There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle.

~ T.S. Eliot


Websites With Information About
Chickens & Ducks

Backyard Chickens
Backyard Chickens started out as a small site that shared free chicken coop patterns. They still have a growing collection of free chicken coop patterns but now they also have information on keeping chickens, breed information, and much more. They have what might possibly be the largest forum on the web dedicated to raising chickens with over 18,000 registered members and 1,165,089 posts (as of 11/10/08).
Listing added: Nov 10, 2008
Online since early 1996, the Feather Site has compiled a wonderful group of breed guides and photos for chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, peafowl, pigeons, turkeys and a few wildfowl. Along with this breed encyclopedia are a series of articles on caring and raising these beautiful feathered creatures. If you are looking for hatcheries or supply houses, there's also an informative list that includes the breeds and varieties sold by each company.

Listing added: May 25, 2008
The Country Chicken is the website of a family who shares their knowledge of keeping backyard chickens. Information is based on years of keeping their own flock and includes information on egg and chicken care, how to mix flocks, and a whole bunch more including ideas and suggestions for building your own coops.

Listing added: Nov 10, 2008