Compiled by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent

Books and Publications

• Pastured Poultry Profits, by Joel Salatin
• Day Range Poultry: Every Chicken Owner’s Guide to Grazing Gardens and Improving Pastures, by Andy Lee and Patricia Foreman; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• Chicken Tractor: The Gardener’s Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil, by Andy Lee and Patricia Foreman; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• Free Range Poultry Production and Marketing: A Guide to Raising, Processing, and Marketing Premium Quality Chicken and Turkey and Eggs, by Herman Beck Chenoweth
• Success with Baby Chicks, by Robert Plamadon; available at Plamondon.com
• Storey’s Guides - guide books for raising ducks, chickens, turkeys, and other livestock; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• Storey’s Country Wisdom Bulletins – publications on building fences and chicken coops and raising layers and ducks and geese; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• The Chicken Health Handbook, by Gail Demerow; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• Feeding Poultry: The Classic Guide to Poultry Nutrition, by G. F. Heuser.
• The Dollar Hen: The Classic Guide to American Free-Range Egg Farming, by Milo M. Hastings and Robert Plamondon
• Counting our Chickens: Identifying Breeds in Danger of Extinction, by Marjorie Bender, Robert Hawes, and Donald Bixby; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• Grit!, bimonthly newsletter published by American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA); to subscribe, contact APPPA at 256-751-3925 or grit@apppa.org
• Heritage Turkeys in North America, by Marjorie Bender; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• The Snood News, a semi-annual newsletter about heritage turkeys published by American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC); to subscribe contact ALBC at 919-542-5704.
• Taking Stock of Waterfowl: The Results of the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy’s Domestic Duck and Goose Census, by Marjorie Bender, D. Phillip Sponenberg, and Donald Bixby; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• The Book of Geese: A Complete Guide to Raising the Home Flock, by David Holderread; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• May Safely Graze: Protecting Livestock Against Predators, by Eugene L. Fytche; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.
• Wild Predators? Not in my Backyard!, by Eugene L. Fytche; to order, call Fytche Enterprises at 613-256-1798 or email efytche@sympatico.ca.
• Fences for Pasture and Garden, by Gail Damerow; to order, call American Livestock Breeds Conservancy (ALBC) at 919-542-5704 or order on-line from ALBC.

Organizations

• Poultry Extension - North Carolina State University 919-515-2621; Raleigh, NC newsletter and technical information for the poultry industry
• American Livestock Breeds Conservancy Pittsboro, NC 919-542-5704 albc@albc-usa.org
• North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Veterinary Division 919-733-7601; Raleigh, NC
• Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory 919-733-3986; Raleigh, NC
• American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA) Hartselle, AL 256-751-3925 grit@apppa.org
• American Poultry Association Burgettstown, PA 724-729-3459 provides information on all breeds of poultry
• Animal Welfare Approved Emily Lancaster, Southern Region Farmer and Market Outreach Coordinator Pittsboro, NC 919-428-1641 emily@animalwelfareapproved.org has established standards for humane production of livestock and poultry; offers a free certification program and cost share grants to help growers with compliance
• Humane Farm Animal Care Herndon, VA 703-435-3883 has established standards for humane production of livestock and poultry; offers a certification program

Websites & Listservs

• North Carolina Pastured Poultry Listserv email discussion group for farmers, educators, researchers, and others dedicated to pastured poultry production; to subscribe, email Debbie Roos
• The Chicken and Egg Page - Mother Earth News
• Rare Heritage Turkey On-line Discussion Group
• Pastured Poultry On-line Discussion Group
• ATTRA Poultry Page 800-346-9140; Fayetteville, AR several publications on raising pastured poultry
• National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)
• Plamondon.com lots of resources for poultry producers
• The Poultry Site lots of resources for poultry producers

Regulations

• Selling Eggs, Meat, and Poultry in North Carolina: What Farmers Need to Know – North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Chatham County Center
• North Carolina Egg Law - North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Meat Handlers - North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Hatcheries

North Carolina Hatcheries

• E.D. Snider Hatchery 336-622-2942; Liberty, NC point-of-lay production hens; available several times each year by arrangement
• Piedmont Feed and Garden Center 919-942-7848; Chapel Hill, NC not a hatchery, but a supplier of heritage breed chicks
• Sumner-Byrd Farm 919-372-9529; Holly Springs, NC small quantities only of chicks and hatching eggs for a variety of breeds and species, including chicken, turkey, bantam, duck, goose, and quail

National Hatcheries

• Cackle Hatchery 417-532-4581; Lebanon, MO rare breed hatchery for chickens, guineas, turkeys, game birds, geese, and ducks; poultry equipment and supplies
• Carolina Heritage Farms 843-687-4413; Pamplico, SC NPIP-certified heritage breed chicks and turkey poults
• Freedom Rangers 204-729-8868; Manitoba, Canada (U.S. hatchery located in West Union, Iowa) hatchery for pasture-raised broilers
• Gregory Poultry 276-692-8384; Stuart, VA rare breed hatchery for chickens, guineas, turkeys, pheasants, and ducks
• Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms, Inc. 254-697-6677; Cameron, TX rare breed hatchery for chickens, bantams, turkeys, chukars, quail, and ducks
• Mt. Healthy Hatcheries 800-451-5603; Mt. Healthy, OH rare breed hatchery for chickens, turkeys, geese, and pheasants
• Murray McMurray Hatchery 800-456-3280; Webster City, IA rare breed hatchery for chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and gamebirds; also offer equipment, feed, supplies, books, and videos
• Privett Hatchery 877-PRIVETT; Portales, NM rare breed hatchery for chickens, bantams, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guineas
• Reich Poultry Farms, Inc. 717-426-3411; Marietta, PA hatchery for chicks, turkeys, ducks, and geese
• Shady Lane Poultry Farm, Inc. 859-745-4944; Winchester, KY hatchery for commercial and heirloom breeds of chickens and bantams
• Shank's Hatchery 800-344-2449; Hubbard, OR hatchery for large fowl, bantams, turkeys, waterfowl, pheasants, chukars, bobwhite quail, and guineas

Feed Suppliers

• Blount Fertilizer and Feed 800-682-8505; Bethel, NC certified organic fertilizers, amendments, and animal feed; bagged poultry feed (non-medicated, no animal by-products); will do custom blends
• Braswell Milling Company 800-849-9057; Nashville, NC bulk certified organic poultry feed; will do custom blends
• Country Farm & Home Supply 919-542-3353; Pittsboro, NC poultry feed, some certified organic; general livestock and poultry supplies
• Countryside Natural Products 888-699-7088; Fishersville, VA certified organic fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticides; certified organic livestock and poultry feed
• Efland Milling Company 919-732-7893; Efland, NC bagged poultry feed; certified organic poultry feed
• Hurdle Mills 336-364-7484; Hurdle Mills, NC bulk and bagged poultry feed (non-medicated, no animal by-products)
• Pittsboro Feed 919-542-2454; Pittsboro, NC seeds, general supplies and equipment, organic pesticides, plus chicken, turkey, duck and guinea chicks
• Southern States Feed Mill 919-688-2432; Durham, NC bulk pelleted poultry feed (non-medicated, no animal by-products)
• Southern States 919-742-2128; Siler City, NC general supplies, equipment, seeds
• Wilson Brothers Milling Co. 919-837-2131; Bear Creek, NC bagged and bulk poultry and livestock feed

Equipment and Supplies

• American Livestock Supply, Inc. 800-356-0700; Madison, WI equipment and supplies for cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, and poultry
• Cackle Hatchery 417-532-4581; Lebanon, MO rare breed hatchery for chickens, guineas, turkeys, game birds, geese, and ducks; poultry equipment and supplies
• Country Farm & Home Supply 919-542-3353; Pittsboro, NC general livestock and poultry supplies
• Cutler's Pheasant and Poultry Supply, Inc. 810-633-9450; Applegate, MI incubators, brooders, feeders, waterers, coops, egg cartons, and much more
• Featherman Equipment Co. 660-684-6035; Jamesport, MO poultry processing equipment
• Grower's Discount Labels 800-693-1572; Tunnel, NY growersdiscountlabels@tds.net labels for egg cartons and other packaging
• Jeffers, Inc. 800-533-3377; Dothan, AL incubators, brooders, feeders, waterers, and much more
• Kencove Farm Fence, Inc. 800-536-2683; Blairsville, PA poultry fencing
• Packaging Corporation of America 800-456-4725; Lake Forest, IL egg cartons
• Pactiv 888-828-2850; Lake Forest, IL egg cartons
• Poultryman's Supply Company 859-745-4944; Winchester, KY incubators, brooders, feeders, waterers, coops, egg cartons, and much more
• Premier 1 Supplies 800-282-6631; Washington, IA electric fencing supplies
• Stromberg's Chicks 800-720-1134; Pine River, MN chicks, incubators, brooders, feeders, waterers, coops, egg cartons, processing equipment, and much more
• Tek Supply 1-800-835-7877; Dyersville, IA greenhouses, tunnels, fencing, tools, poultry supplies, and general agricultural supplies

Processing

• Foothills Pilot Plant 828-803-2717; Marion, NC Animal Welfare Approved poultry and rabbit processing plant