Compiled by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent

Books and Publications

All publications are available at major bookstores (e.g., amazon.com, etc.) unless otherwise noted.

• 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

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy maintains extensive lists of hatcheries for specific breeds. Contact ALBC at 919-542-5704 or albc@albc-usa.org for more information.

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

This document is a partial list of resources for growers and does not imply endorsement by North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, or North Carolina Cooperative Extension of any of the companies, products, or organizations listed.