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It is not always easy to categorise a pure chicken breed. It may be divided into a variety and again subdivided into a strain. Illustrations of a breed may be taken as an example. For many birds, there will be variation in several characteristics, e.g., feather colour, comb type and leg length. Males are invariably bigger and more colourful than hens. Standards are maintained by fanciers exhibiting at the many poultry shows held across Australia each year; by the rigorous standards of judging, and articles in magazines such as Australasian Poultry.

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Issue 38 - August 2010

Interest in the possible implementation of a net energy system is very high in the industry, with an overwhelming turn up by nutrition professionals to a recent Poultry CRC Net Energy and Modelling Workshop held in Sydney...

» Nutritionists flock to CRC Net Energy Workshop
» Enriching the range to reduce feather pecking
» Sparking kids' curiosity about careers in poultry
» Researchers make the most of the eResearch revolution

What is Poultry Hub?

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Learn about Poultry

Teachers' Resource Kit - free classroom kit for Australian schools.

Anatomy of the Chicken - View the structure and anatomy of the chicken, as would be observed during dissection.

Poultrypedia - an encyclopedia dedicated to poultry.

Fancy poultry breeds - fancy chicken and waterfowl breeds.

Nutrient requirements of poultry

Raising backyard chickens

Chicken coops

Poultry supplies

Poultry associations

Poultry videos - It all starts with an egg, From Hatchery to Home, Eat this chicken: the truth about hormones and much more!, Virtual Chicken.

Poultry Books

Featured books - The Story of Chicken, The Story of Eggs, Getting started in free range poultry, Poultry Agskills, Building the Poultry Penthouse

Family Poultry Training Course - Includes free Scavenging Chickens Training Handbook for village and school poultry keeping.