Welcome to the Backyard Flock Resource information page! Click on the links below for resources on starting and maintaining a backyard poultry flock.

Here is another link to the UC Davis poultry extension website.

Backyard Biosecurity Utah Extension
Booklet Poultry Diseases
Chicken Breeds & Varieties
Feeding Laying & Breeding Hens
Alternative Productions Management Guide
Management Guide or the Backyard Flock
Raising Small Flocks of Chickens
Small Flock Manual Canada
 
Basics for Raising Backyard Chickens
Brooding Chicks
Feeding Backyard Laying Flocks
Hyline Brown Mangt Guide
LIce & Mites
Marek’s Disease Basics Utah Extension
Science of Egg Quality Technical Update
Water Quality Aviagen

Backyard Poultry Workshop Presentations:

January 27, 2018 – Stockton, CA

Dr. Amy Murillo – Backyard Flock Pests & Management

Dr. Richard Blatchford – Backyard Chicken Behavior

Dr. Rodrigo Gallardo – Common Backyard Poultry Diseases

Dr. Maurice Pitesky – Disease Transmission and Practical Biosecurity

March 12, 2016 – Oakland, CA

Dr. Richard Blatchford – Backyard Chicken Behavior

Dr. Nancy Reimers – Cleaning & Disinfection

Amy Murillo – Backyard Flock Pests & Management Techniques

Dr. Gabriel Senties – Common Diseases Poultry Diseases

Dr. Maurice Pitesky – Avian Influenza & Biosecurity

2015:

Dr. Mark Bland – Biosecurity / Cleaning & Disinfecting / Vaccinations

Silvia Carnaccini – Most Common Diseases of Backyard Flocks

Dr. Richard Blatchford – Backyard Chicken Behavior

CDFA – Egg Safety & Quality Management Program

USDA, APHIS “Biosecurity for the Birds” helpful materials.

Avian Influenza Factsheets/Brochures (factsheets are easily printable from any computer)

Avian Influenza & Biosecurity

Guidance for Hunters

HPAI Brochure  (Spanish version here)

 
To download or order materials produced by the USDA please Click here.
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