If you would like to get into the backyard chicken business, but don't have a lot of knowledge in this enterprise check out the pastured poultry page or a few of these web resources:
- Keeping Garden Chickens in North Carolina http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/tech_manuals/Backyard_Chickens.pdf
- Factors Affecting Egg Production in Backyard Chicken Flocks http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/ps/ps02900.PDF
- Choosing a Chicken Breed: Eggs, Meat or Exhibition http://www.ces.purdue.edu/extmedia/AS/AS-518.pdf
- Backyard Chicken Basics http://www.motherearthnews.com/sustainable-farming/backyard-chickens-zm0z11zgri.aspx
- Where to Find a Small Order of Chicks http://www.motherearthnews.com/Happy-Homesteader/Small-Order-Baby-Chickens.aspx
- Raising Chickens for Meat http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/Raising-Chickens-For-Meat.aspx
- Are You Ready for Chickens? Chickens 101 http://www.motherearthnews.com/city-to-country-one-step-at-a-time/are-you-ready-for-chickens-chickens-101.aspx
