Backyard Poultry Resources

(Considerations) (Basics) (Chick Care) (Feed) (Coop Design) (Disease Info) (Eggs) (Showing Chickens)

First Considerations

• Raising Flocks in Population-Dense Communities (Utah)
• Selecting Chickens (UCANR)

Basics

• Common Questions
  • Debunking Popular Myths on Chicken Blogs/Forums (BYP-UCD)
  • Common Questions on Chicken Forums (BYP-UCD)
•  Husbandry
  • Managing a Family Chicken Flock (MU)
  • Raising Your Home Chicken Flock (UMD)
  • Basics for Raising Backyard Chickens (Utah)
  • Basic Husbandry Practices (BYP-UCD)
  • Husbandry Practices (BYP-UCD)
• Predators
  • Predator Management (eXtension)
  • How to Protect Your Chickens from Predators  (CW-UCD)
• Manure
  • What to do with Chicken Poop? (BYP-UCD)
  • Negative Effects of Ammonia (BYP-UCD)
• Processing Poultry Safely (CW-UCD)
• Backyard Poultry and Exposure to Toxic Chemicals (CW-UCD)
• Backyard Chicken Behavior (UCD)

Chick Care

• Common Incubation Problems (UCANR)
• Egg Candling (UCANR)
• Hatching Chicks (UMaine)
• Handling Baby Poultry (Utah)
• Understanding Failure to Thrive in Baby Chicks (CW-UCD)
• Vaccinating Strategies for Chicks (CW-UCD)
• Poultry Vaccine Considerations (BYP-UCD)
• Proper Nutrition for Baby Chicks (BYP-UCD)

Feed

• Feeding Small Flocks (Utah)
• Poultry Diets (ACES)
• Nutrition Do's & Don'ts (BYP-UCD)
• Feed Conversion (BYP-UCD)
• Clean Water (CW-UCD)
• Dietary Calcium and Phosphorus in Laying Hens (CW-UCD)
• FDA Veterinary Feed Directive (BYP-UCD)
• Modifying Your Eggs Based on Diet (BYP-UCD)

Coop Design

• Housing Backyard Chickens (Utah)
• Small Scale Poultry Housing (VA Tech)
• Coop Biosecurity (CDFA)
• Choosing the Right Bedding (BYP-UCD)

Disease Information

• Basics
  • Common Avian Diseases
  • Illness & Disease in Meat Birds (BYP-UCD)
  • Biosecurity Resources
  • Who to Contact
    
  • Backyard Poultry Disease Prevention Basics (Root Simple)
  • When is a Sneeze Just a Sneeze? (BYP-UCD)
  • What Disease Could My Chicken Have? (BYP-UCD)
• Pests & Parasites
  • Backyard Flock Pests (UCD)
  • External Parasites (BYP-UCD)
  • Internal Parasites/Worms (BYP-UCD)
• Egg Associated
  • How to Identify and Prevent Egg Bound Hens (CW-UCD)
  • Prolapsed Vent, Vent Gleet & Egg Binding (BYP-UCD)
• Newcastle Disease
  • An Update on Virulent Newcastle Disease and Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza  (CW-UCD)
  • Exotic Newcastle Disease (BYP-UCD)
  • Virulent Newcastle Disease & the Current CA Outbreak (BYP-UCD)
• Avian Influenza
  • Avian Influenza (BYP-UCD)
  • Difference Between Low Path & High Path Avian Influenza (BYP-UCD)
• Fowl Pox
  • Introduction to Fowl Pox (BYP-UCD)
  • Fowl Pox (BYP-UCD)
• Salmonella (BYP-UCD)
• Coccidiosis (BYP-UCD)
• Marek's Disease (BYP-UCD)
• Mycoplasma (BYP-UCD)
• Coryza (bacteria) and Infectious Bronchitis (virus) (BYP-UCD)
• Heat Stress (BYP-UCD)

Eggs

• Egg Sanitation (UCANR)
• Washing and Refrigerating Eggs (BYP-UCD)
• Egg and Shell Abnormalities (BYP-UCD)
• Egg Abnormalities (BYP-UCD)
• Drug/Egg Withdrawal Times (BYP-UCD)
• Chemicals in the Environment & How They Affect Eggs (BYP-UCD)

Showing Chickens

• Preparing Broilers for Show (Utah)