General Topics
- Selling Eggs, Meat, and Poultry in North Carolina: What Farmers Need to Know (by Debbie Roos, Agriculture Extension Agent) http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/chatham/ag/SustAg/meatandeggs.html
- Keeping Garden Chickens in NC http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/tech_manuals/Backyard_Chickens.pdf
- Poutry 101 (University of Kentucky) http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/poultry101.html
- Managing a Family Chicken Flock (university of Missouri) http://extension.missouri.edu/explorepdf/agguides/poultry/G08350.pdf
- Production of Eggs and Home-Raised, Home-Butchered Broilers and Turkeys (Kansas State University) http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/fntr2/FOODASYST/2poultry.pdf
- Range Poultry Housing (ATTRA) http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/poulthous.html/
- Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture (USDA SARE) http://www.sare.org/publications/poultry.htm
- Sustainable Egg Production (ATTRA) http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/egg.pdf
- Evaluating Egg Production Hens (University of Minnesota) http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI1182.html
- Factors Affecting Egg Production in Backyard Chicken Flocks (University of Florida) http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/ps/ps02900.PDF
- Producing Your Own Eggs (University of New Hampshire) http://extension.unh.edu/resources/representation/Resource000472_Rep494.pdf
- The Home Broiler Chicken Flock (University of Florida) http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/PS/PS03500.PDF
- Anyone for a Few Broilers? (Michigan State University) http://web1.msue.msu.edu/poultry/poultry/e1257/e1257.pdf
- The Small Flock for Poultry Meat (University of Minnesota) http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI1188.html
Breeds
- Choosing a Chicken Breed: Eggs, Meat or Exhibition (Perdue University) http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/AS/AS-518.pdf
- Selecting Breeds for Small Flocks (West Virginia University) http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/livepoul/pfs16.pdf
- Selecting Chickens for Home Use (University of California) http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/7232.pdf
- Nutrition for Backyard Chicken Flocks (Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities) http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1317/
- Feeding the Backyard Laying Flock (West Virginia University) http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/infores/pubs/livepoul/pfs17.pdf
- Poultry Diets for Small Flocks (University of Florida) http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/AA/aa16000.PDF
- Small Poultry Flock Nutrition (University of Florida) http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/PS/PS03300.pdf
Brooding
- Brooding and Growing Chicks (University of Missouri) http://extension.missouri.edu/explorepdf/agguides/poultry/g08351.pdf
- Giving Chicks a Good Start (University of Maine) http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/PDFpubs/2219.pdf
- Growing Healthy Chicks (Mississippi State University) http://msucares.com/4h_Youth/4hpoultry/chicks.html
- Rearing Chicks and Pullets for the Small Laying Flock (University of Minnesota) http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI1191.html
