Unusual & Interesting Chicken Coops
There are a few essentials for any chicken coop: it must be dry, well-ventilated, secure and have a place for the birds to roost safely. Ideally, a coop will also be easy to clean, have an area for storing food,…
Exploring the Link Between Antibiotic Use on Farms and Antibiotic Resistance Disease in Humans
Most Purely Poultry customers are small flock owners, raising poultry in the back yard, or on a small family farm. The reasons that people decide to raise poultry are varied, but for the majority the decision is in some way…
Supporting Captive Breeding of Cranes
The International Crane Foundation was started in the 1970s by two Cornell University students studying for their PhD’s in Orinthology. They started the captive breeding of the various species of cranes on a horse farm in rural Baraboo, Wisconsin in…
Swan Stories
The swan maiden myth is one of those stories that seems to have transcended location. The basics of the story remain the same, regardless of culture or place. While the beautiful, mythical creature in most of the tales is usually…
Gamefowl – Beautiful and Historically Important
Gamefowl have always intrigued me because they are beautiful and because they represent part of the history of poultry keeping. My fascination with these chickens started when I received Black Breasted Red Cubalayas in assortment order of chicks from Duane…
