Chicken Links

Murray McMurray Hatchery
also chicken coop plans
Rainbow Mealworms (for chicken & finch treats!)
The Coop Online Poultry Resources Breeds of Chickens, Animal Science Dept, OSU
The Poultry Connection

Dorking Links

Feathersite's Dorking Page Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities Red Dorking Page (with history of Dorkings)
The Dorking Club of North America Branch Creek Rare Poultry's Dorking Page (great photos and online ordering of day-olds!)
Asger Pedersen's Dorking Page (in Danish) USDA's ChickscOpe's Dorking page (with info on Dorkings in the UK)
Dept. of Animal Science, Oklahoma State Univ. (info on standard weights) Murray McMurray's day-old Dorkings order page
Dorking Chicken costume designed for the Folies-Bergere in 1922 by Jose de Zamora
Dorking Chicken costume design
Australian Rare and Minority Breeds Association, Inc. page on the Silver-Grey Dorking by Bruce Pattinson
Pluta, Silver Grey Dorking pullet Sept 01
Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities (S.P.P.A.) - be sure to read Craig Russell's article on the history of Dorkings Wisteria, Silver Grey Dorking Rooster
Wisteria, Silver Grey Dorking rooster Sept 01

 
 
coverEssential book on all the common and rare things that can go wrong with chickens! coverBasics of how to raise chickens on a small scale.
coverA more relaxed look at raising a small flock, very calming after I've scared myself reading all about chicken diseases & disorders! Cole's Avian Medicine & Surgery
Not just chickens, of course.  But it has a very different viewpoint than many chicken books in that it is dealing with the health of single birds rather than an entire flock.

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