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Broiler chickens at Nick's Organic Farm in Adamstown, MD (USDA).
Image by Lance Cheung, USDA

Chickens may be raised as broilers for meat or for their eggs

Pastured poultry at Quinn's Irish Hill Farm, Freeville NY
Image by Sandy Repp

Feeding chickens

pastured poultry at Quinn's Irish Hill Farm, Freeville NY (Tompkins)
Image by Sandy Repp

Chickens grazing in a field

Poultry Primer
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Flock Management Education

Poultry

Resources

New York State Poultry - a Department of Agriculture and Markets page that contains laws and regulations, forms, health programs, and other miscellaneous resources on poultry

National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service: Poultry - a poultry page with publications and resources on feeding, health, marketing, etc.; provides high value information and technical assistance to farmers, ranchers, Extension agents, educators, and others involved in sustainable agriculture in the United States

Heat Stress in Broilers 

Last updated June 11, 2015

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Bird Flu in Poultry

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