
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…

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…