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Volume 3, Number 2 Backyard April/May, 2008 Poultry Dedicated to more and better small-flock poultry Fun to Raise, Easy to Keep Bantams Keep Birds in and Predators out with Good Fences Cook, Clean, Store & Serve Incredible Edible Eggs Plus: • The Nene goose • The Delaware chicken • The future of gamebirds • Build a brooder • Just for the fun of it ...and more inside! $4.95 US • $6.95 Canada 2 Backyard Poultry Randall Burkey Company Quality Animal Health Products since 1947 Poultry Supply Specialist We stock everything you could want or need for poultry! INCUBATORS BROODERS EGG CARTONS NESTS & COOPS MEDICATIONS CHICKEN TRACTORS POULTRY BANDS FEEDERS & WATERERS NETTING HATCHING EGGS BOOKS LIVE CHICKS $5 OFF your fist order over $25 when you mention this ad! TOLL Order Online SAMEApril/May, DAY SHIPPING 2008 www.backyardpoultrymag.com 3 On in stock items ordered by 1:00PM CST FREE 800-531-1097 randallburkey.com Backyard Poultry Volume 3, Number 2 April/May, 2008 From the Editor ....................6 Letters to the Editor ..........8 Coming Events .....................12 Helpful Hints: Nest Box “Buckets” ................... 16 Build a Brooder in an Afternoon ................................... 18 The incredible, edible egg: tips for cooking, serving, storing, and a Make a Sock-Mommie .............. 18 frothy egg cocktail recipe.—page 30. Health: Eggs: Hawaiian Nene Goose ..............42 The Answer Man ........................21 The Incredible, Edible Egg™: It Truly Is! ..................................30 Hawaii’s State Bird: Apple Cider Vinegar: The The Nene Goose ....................... 43 Benefits to Humans & Hard-Cooked Eggs .....................31 Animals Has Been Touted for Years ......................................26 Deviled Eggs ...............................31 Backyard Poultry Basil and Mozzarella Balls Tian ....31 Photo Contest ..................... 28 A Clean Egg is a Safe Egg ..........32 Freezing Eggs ..............................32 Eggcellence in Cocktails ........... 36 Urban Living: Raising Chickens in the City .................................. 38 Breeds: One of the world’s rarest geese The Delaware Chicken ............ 40 struggled against extinction in the not-too-distant past. Learn Apple cider vinegar benefits for ALBC Seeks Your Input: about efforts to preserve the Ha- humans and animals.—page 26. Delaware Chicken Survey ......... 41 waiian Nene goose.— page 42. 4 Backyard Poultry ON THE C O VER : BACKYARD The April/May, 2008 cover POULTRY photo winner is by Orren Fox, Newburyport, Massachusetts. 145 Industrial Dr. To find out how you can Medford, WI 54451 enter your poultry-related pho- www.backyardpoultrymag.com tos in the photo contest, see Publisher: Dave Belanger page 28. Editor: Elaine Belanger Managing Editor: Anne-marie Ida Editorial Assistant: Samantha Ingersoll Management: Circulation and Fulfillment: Laura Fences: Keeping Chickens In & Ching, Ellen Waichulis, Kate Tucker, Predators Out ............................46 Kelly Weiler Bookstore: Ann Tom Additional Protections..............47 Advertising Representatives (Rates on request): The Fence ..................................49 Alicia Komanec Feed: 1-800-551-5691 [email protected] Poultry Feed From Worm Bins ....51 Gary Christopherson A Gamebird for Everyone: 1-800-551-5691 Bantams are much easier to Shady Hollow: The Future [email protected] handle because of their smaller of Gamebirds Part II ................ 56 size and lend themselves to loca- Backyard Poultry (ISSN 1559-2251, USPS 023-374) tions where you may not want Youth: larger fowl. Learn more about is published bi-monthly at Gertrude McCluck: 145 Industrial Dr., Medford, WI 54451. bantam breeds.—page 45. Chicken in Charge .................... 58 Periodicals postage paid at Medford, WI and additional mailing offices.©2008 SPPA News: Your Voice: The views presented here do not 2008 SPPA Critical List Adds A History Worth Repeating? ... 60 necessarily represent those of the editor Varieties, Updates Waterfowl or publisher. All contents of this issue of Backyard Poultry are copyrighted by and Turkeys ................................44 Backyard Poultry Countryside Publications, Ltd., 2008. All Breeders Directory ...........64 rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or Bantam Breeds: in part is prohibited except by permission Bantam Breeds: Fun to Just For Fun: of the publisher. Raise, Easy to Keep ................... 45 Starting Small—Dreaming Big ... 66 Editorial and Advertising Office: Backyard Poultry 145 Industrial Dr. Medford, WI 54451 [email protected] Subscriptions (U.S. funds): $21 per year; 2 years $35. Backyard Poultry Subscriptions 145 Industrial Dr. Medford, WI 54451 1-800-551-5691 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Backyard Poultry Subscriptions Harvesting worms from a vermicomposting bin offers a nutrient- 145 Industrial Dr., Medford, WI 54451 dense feed of the highest quality for our poultry flocks.—page 51. April/May, 2008 www.backyardpoultrymag.com 5 FR O M THE EDIT O R : POULTRY RESOURCES AND HOW TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHERS ELAINE BELANGER rom the inception of Backyard Poul- timely fashion than any other method. ers who are still hesitating about what try we have encouraged readers to Send your stories, questions, concerns and breed to raise, or even if they should raise be part of our poultry community photos to Backyard Poultry, Attn: Elaine, poultry at all. byF sharing their knowledge, experiences 145 Industrial Dr., Medford, WI 54451 or If you raise unusual breeds or poultry and questions with other readers. As we e-mail [email protected]. other than chickens, tell others. They may enter our third year, we again welcome Stories/Suggestions/Questions: Share need that little nudge to “just do it” and your participation and offer clarification your experiences that have worked well your story might be the one that convinces on different sections of the magazine. and those that didn’t (maybe you can save them. If you have a poultry association, All Communications: For a quicker re- someone else the expense and disappoint- group or special event coming up, tell us ply to any inquiry, include the following ment of trying some project you already about your activities. contact information with every communi- know won’t work). Include details and be Give some thought, right now, to what cation: name, complete mailing address, specific. Include photos or diagrams to you have to share with others. If it comes phone number (including area code) and help others visualize your project. Share to your mind, chances are others will be e-mail, if you have one. Your inquiry can the fun stories of your poultry. Consider thinking about it too. often be answered by phone in a more why you raise birds and encourage oth- Articles are not always used immedi- ately and may be kept for an issue that fits Poultry Resources the season/theme better. We can’t promise that everything sent will be printed, but we Backyard Poultry Magazine/Bookstore—www.backyardpoultrymag.com. do promise that every article or letter will Filled with articles on poultry breeds, health care, problem-solving, housing be read and considered. and more. Comprehensive bookstore with more than 100 titles related to poultry Photo Contest: The photo contest is ongo- and homesteading, including alternative energy, livestock, frugal living. If you ing. 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