Chicken and poultry keeping resources and links for schools and teachers.

pages, sites and resources that might be of use to chicken keepers

Below is a curated list of resources teachers might find useful. Educational resources for a wide variety of age groups all associated with the keeping and raising of chickens and poultry.

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  • Key stage 4 - Lesson and sample questions. Minerals and Vitamins in the diet of poultry. PDF        WORD        ODF
  • The anatomy of the egg.      PDF              WORD              ODF

Pages on this site:

https://cluckin.net/why-youre-eggs-arent-hatching-and-what-to-do-about-it.html

https://cluckin.net/the-five-freedoms-and-what-they-mean-for-chickens-keepers.html

https://cluckin.net/what-is-happening-inside-the-egg-during-incubation.html

https://cluckin.net/air-cells-in-eggs-where-to-find-them-and-what-are-they-for.html

https://cluckin.net/the-laws-and-regulations-of-chicken-and-poultry-keeping.html

Poultry terminology and nomenclature. - https://cluckin.net/dictionary-of-poultry-words-and-terminology.html

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Guinea fowl links and resources:

Study into the growth characteristics of Pearl Guineas - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/7567/28beae60fc12a6aaa8424fd20adc49cc8068.pdf

Effects of caging on laying performance of guineas - https://academic.oup.com/ps/article/85/9/1682/1527196