Links
Organizations
DEFRA
For government legislation for commercial poultry keeping and the latest Avian flu advice.
www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/poultry/default.htm
Rare Breeds Survival Trust
A charity based in Warwickshire that monitors and encourages the survival of most British breeds of poultry, sheep, pigs, cows and horses.
www.rbst.org.uk
Battery Hen Welfare Trust
A UK charity devoted towards the supply and re-homing of battery hens to the domestic market.
www.bhwt.org.uk
Soil Association
The UK’s leading Organic organisation. The Soil association offer the most stringent organic standards for commercial poultry rearing. Meaning birds grown to the Soil Association standards have a better quality of life than those under other organic certification.
www.soilassociation.org/.../Poultrylaying
Lion Mark and the British Egg Information Service
www.lioneggs.co.uk
British Waterfowl Association
A charity keen to promote the conservation and breeding of wildfowl and domestic ducks and geese.
www.waterfowl.org.uk
Clubs
Domestic Waterfowl Club
The Waterfowl Club is based in the UK and focuses its attention towards domestic breeds of duck and goose. The website has a lot of information and photos to help describe the history of British and International waterfowl breeds.
www.domestic-waterfowl.co.uk
UK Turkey Club
A club focussed on promoting standard bred turkeys, with special emphasis on maintaining turkeys for exhibition.
www.turkeyclub.org.uk
Magazines
Country smallholding
www.countrysmallholding.com
Small holder
www.smallholder.co.uk
Practical poultry
www.practicalpoultry.com
Useful Websites
The Poultry Pages
Help and information on keeping chickens and other poultry at home with a helpful chat forum to answer your questions, bookshop etc.
www.poultry.allotment.org.uk
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