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Getting started |
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Battery Hen Welfare Trust | adopt ex-battery hens from one of their rescue centres around the country; still good layers and good pets |
Keeping Chickens | a great video intro to keeping chickens |
Keeping chickens | a good article from this site on getting started |
My Pet chicken | a list of chicken breeds alongside egg-laying ability and cold hardiness |
Omlet | a good resource for finding out about different breeds |
Poultry keeper.com | a good section on keeping chickens for beginners with lots of useful articles |
Poultry pages | listing of 800+ poultry breeders, searchable by county |
General Information |
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Keeping chickens | a comprehensive guide to keeping chickens |
Poultrykeeper.com | a very useful site, over 300 articles on keeping poultry |
Poultry Club of Great Britain | advice, shows, local groups, books & videos |
RSPCA | information on keeping chickens and looking out for their welfare |
Hatching and raising |
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Poultry club | information on hatching and raising young poultry |
Poultry Keeper.com | a good collection of articles on incubating and hatching eggs |
Raising happy chickens | how to candle eggs, including how to make your own candler |
University of Minnesota | detailed information on hatching and raising small numbers of chicks |