Keeping Chickens, breeding, genetics and so on
Hutt, Genetics of the Fowl A great read, Available online!
My old Wyandottes website “Sedgwick hens and bantams”
www.poultry.allotment.org.uk Poultry forum for advice and information especially for the backyard or garden poultry keeper.
Chicken Genetics Links
As I am interested in poultry colour genetics I have always kept these links to useful sites.
Poultry Genetics: The basics of how to understand genetics
The Feathersite Good illustrations of poultry breeds and colours and just about everything else about poultry.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Wyand/BRKWyand.html : Wyandotte page at the Feathersite
Poultry breeding calculator. See illustrations of your proposed crosses.
Facebook Chicken genetics page
Grant Brereton’s Facebook genetics page
http://www.kippenencyclopedie.nl/php/index.php?title=Wyandotte;
Poultry Genetics for the Nonprofessional. Great for beginners to breeding
The Coop Forum: where you can find opinions on everything poultry
More about Chickens and other poultry
http://www.wyandotte.nl – lots of nice ‘dotty pics – hope your Dutch is good!
http://www.allandoopheasantry.com: Breeders of rare and ornamental pheasants in Southwest Scotland
http://www.poultryclub.org/ Poultry Club of Great Britain.
Healthy Foods & Healthy Eating
Linseed or Flax
www.flaxfarm.co.uk for information or to order delicious, nutritious linseed/flaxseed foods – best flavoured cold-pressed linseed/flaxseed oil, fresh ground linseed meal, linseed/quinoa porridge, Fabulous Flaxjacks™ and linseed oil for hens to make your own “omega-3 eggs”
The Budwig Diet
The Budwig Diet in the UK for treatment of many diseases including arthritis, cancer, diabetes and digestive problems. www.budwig-diet.co.uk
Sedgwick Stuff
What is to become of the west wing of Sedgwick Park? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6515545/Alice-in-Wonderlands-honeymoon-home-falls-derelict.html