The authors of the following articles are poultry fanciers with many years of experience. They are presented here so that you and every one else who enters this site will be able to benefit from their combined knowledge.
Lindon Reid is a well-known breeder and exhibitor from Sydney Australia; Hans L Schippers is a world-renowned poultry breeder exhibitor and author from the Netherlands; Franklin D. Albertsen is of course well known on this continent as he lives in the U.S.A. Then of course I have managed to get some of my thoughts in also.
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Theory Of Feeding
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As the tittle says, this is some theory about feeding poultry.
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Ancestry Of Breeding
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This article gives a brief history of where our domestic poultry
originated and some information on their physical make up.
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BREEDING POULTRY:
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Some of my own thoughts.
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LINE BREEDING TECHNIQUES:
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Franklin D. Albertsen draws, not only on his own extensive experience, but that of 100 years of his families hands on knowledge of breeding animals of various species.
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CULLING THE LAYING FLOCK:
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A message from down under, by Linden Reid
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HANDLING BROODIES:
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From my own experience.
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HOW TO PINION WINGS:
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A very understandable
description of pinioning wings to perminently prevent
flying.
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CHANTECLER:
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The best short piece on our only Canadian
developed chicken that I have ever read. Hans L Schippers
lives in Holland and has published many books and articles
on poultry.
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THE BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK
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This article gives a breif history of the Bard type of Plymouth Rock pluss a description of the bird.
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DUBBING;
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This article is by me and I take all the blame
or credit for it's content. After you have read it you
may send me e-mail with your thoughts on the subject.
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PRESERVING PRODUCTION QUALITIES;
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A well thought out
article about the importance of maintaining production
qualities in our poultry. Pamela is a dedicated breeder
of heritage breeds of poultry.
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ANIMAL RIGHTS;
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An article by myself on animal rights and
Animal rights groups such as PETA.
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BREEDING BACK TO TYPE
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Another good article by Lindon Reid, explains how to maintain type over many generations.
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The Meaning of Standard Breed
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The Breed and Variety of poultry are not the same. This article explains the differenc and describes two ways a new breed may be started.
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A HENS REQUIREMENTS
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This article deals with the neutrition requirements of poultry.
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Feed Resipies
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These feed formulas are all circa 1914.
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Poultry Housing Basics
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This is the beginning article of a series about poultry housing that will lead into the publising of the plans for the Burdin House. The Burdin house was developed in the early 1900.s in Toronto Ontario.
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KILLING AND PROCESSING POULTRY.
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These articles have been reproduced from, The Coldbelt Poultry Course (circa 1922.) The reader will be taken through processing, from preparing the bird for killing, to chilling the carcass. WARNING: this is very graphic in places. Those with sensitive dispositions may not want to read this.
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