Links to other sites

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Embryology Links

Other Egg and Poultry Resource Links

4-H and Agriculture Education Links

Poultry and Egg Associations

Great Sites for Kids

Animal Rights and Welfare Sites

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Embryology Links

• Embryology in the Classroom, Don't Chicken Out Due to Unnecessary Health Concerns" A new fact sheet that discusses the facts about potential disease concerns for those involved in an embryology program. from Penn State University

• Answers to Commonly Asked Embryology Questions is a list of questions that I have received from teachers and youth over the years with a brief answer.

• Incubation and Embryology University of Illinois Extension

• Developmental and Physiological Aspects of the Chicken Embryonic Heart Excellent laboratory to teach developmental/physiology students some of the basic principles of vertebrate heart embryology, blood flow, and electrical circuitry, using the chicken embryo as a model system.

• Morphing Embryos time-lapse sequences of the growing embryos by PBS.

• Egg Candling and Break Out Analysis for Hatchery Quality Assurance & Analysis of Poor Hatches. Well done site with plenty of graphics and help troubleshooting a hatching problem. University of California, Davis.

• 4-H Embryology information Mississippi State University

• Chickscope University of Illinois

• Lancaster County, Nebraska Embryology Nice site with a Web Cam for each hatching season.

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Other Egg and Poultry Recource Links

• Eggs - A Virtual Exhibition, the closest you may ever get to seeing wild bird eggs without disturbing birds at the nest. This virtual exhibit showcases eggs of the world with a special emphasis on the eggs of Alberta.

• Biological Supply Company

• Commercial Egg Production and Processing This publication is designed as an overview of typical layer management and commercial egg production in the United States. Purdue University.

 

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4-H and Agriculture Education Links

• Agriculture in the Classroom United States Department of Agriculture

• Agriculture Counts Lesson Plans from National Agricultural Statistics Service which are new for 2002. The lessons are structured for grades kindergarten through 12. Our goal is to create fun lessons that incorporate agriculture into English, math, geography, science, and social studies.

• Science NetLinks is your guide to meaningful standards-based Internet experiences for students.

• Penn State Poultry Extension Resource Page

• A bank of digital resources for teaching biology

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Poultry and Egg Associations

• American Poultry Association

• U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

• Poultry Science Association

• American Egg Board

• Poultry Press

• National Chicken Council

• National Turkey Federation

 

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Great sites for kids

• All About Chickens for Kids and Teachers

• Virginia 4-H Virtual Farm

• USDA for Kids

• National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference

• Afterschool.gov

• 4-H USA, official 4-H site made for, by and about 4-H Youth in the United States

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Animal rights and welfare sites
(Caution some of these sites are not based on factual information and are not necessarily reflective of the view of the site host or webmaster)

• Animal Agriculture Alliance

• Animal Welfare Information Center

• Animal Concerns for people concerned about the welfare and rights of animals

• United Poultry Concerns: Poultry Rights Organization. Nonprofit organization promoting the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl in laboratories, classrooms, factory farms, and entertainment.

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