LINKS OF INTEREST
Game Bird Program at Oregon State University - The primary focus of the Game Bird Program is to further the understanding of habitat relationships of upland game birds.
Guinea Fowl Breeders Association (GFBA) is the original and oldest nonprofit international organization dedicated to encourage, support and educate people as to the benefits of raising guinea fowl, and provide information and support to those who own or plan to own them. Annual membership is a bargain at only $10 and includes an online message board (http://www.guineafowl.com/board), newsletters, annual Guineafest conference, on-line Ask-A-Vet forum, online Ask-An-Herbalist forum, various contests, and family fun. For online membership details, visit http://www.gfba.org/join.html and look around this friendly site.
Game Bird Central - Nationwide online gamebird placement and location service. This Web site lets you know who has or who needs eggs, chicks or flight birds.
Infobasket (Game Birds) - A portal to agri-food information on the Internet.
Flight Quail Production, the Science of Commercially Producing Quality Isolation-Reared Flight Quail - Publication number: B-1648 (April 2004). This publication provides detailed data and recommendations for commercial production of isolation produced flight quail. Recommendations are based entirely on proven commercial practices and scientific observations. The cost is $50 U.S. Proceeds from sales will be used by the Department of Poultry Science to support flight bird research at Texas A&M. Order by phone at 1-888-900-2577, by fax at 979-458-0172, or mail to: Texas AgriLife Bookstore, P.O. Box 1209, Bryan, TX 77806.
Avian Genetic Resource Laboratory (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Guinea Fowl International Association is an organization to support the responsible keeping and breeding of Guinea Fowl; to educate on the care and habits of Guinea Fowl; and to offer assistance to those interested in the incubation, hatching and keeping of Guinea Fowl.
Frit's Farm - The site is filled with information about raising guinea fowl and includes several hundred photographs, including a color chart and sound recordings of guinea fowl.
Guinea Fowl Book: Gardening With Guineas - A step by step guide to raising guinea fowl on a small scale by Jeannette S. Ferguson (available for purchase).
GENERAL INFORMATION
Gamebirds (University of Minnesota) HTML
Raising Game Birds (University of California-Davis) PDF
Game Birds and Ratites (Mississippi State University) HTML
Preventing Blackhead Disease in Turkeys and Game Birds (Kansas State University) PDF
Avian Influenza Prevention in Gamebird and Ratite Facilities (Kansas State University) PDF
Care and Handling of Game Birds from Field to Table (Kansas State University) PDF
Hatchery Management Guide for Game Bird and Small Poultry Flock Owners (Mississippi State University) HTML
Homemade Meat, Poultry and Game Sausages (Washington State University) HTML How to Begin and Survive a Commercial Gamebird Farm (Leland Hayes' Gamebird Publications) PDF
Managing Game Birds (Michigan State University) HTML
Feeding Game Birds (Mississippi State University) HTML
Proper Processing of Wild Game and Fish (Pennsylvania State University) PDF
Proper Care and Handling of Game Birds from Field to Table (Pennsylvania State University) PDF
How to Begin and Survive a Commercial Gamebird Farm (Leland Hayes) PDF
Construction, Insulation and Ventilation of Game Bird Facilities (University of Florida) PDF / HTML
Yahoo! Groups: Gamebird Breeders HTML
PARTRIDGE
Partridge Production (Pennsylvania State University) PDF
Raising Chukar Partridges (University of California-Davis) PDF
PHEASANT
Pheasant Raising (New South Wales Department of Primary Industries) HTML
Pheasant Production (Pennsylvania State University) PDF
Ringneck Pheasants (North Dakota State University Extension) HTML
Raising Ringneck Pheasants (commercial site) HTML
Raising Golden Pheasants (commercial site) HTML
Ring-Necked Pheasant (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection) PDF
Ring-Necked Pheasant (Pennsylvania Game Commission) HTML
Tips on Pheasant Raising (commercial site: MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc) PDF / HTML
Ring-Necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus (USGS) HTML
The Ring-Necked Pheasant in North Dakota (USGS) HTML
Rearing Pheasants for Shoots (Farm Animal Welfare Network, United Kingdom) PDF
Ring-necked Pheasants (NRCS Wildlife Habitat Management Institute) PDF
QUAIL
Quail: An Egg and Meat Production System (ECHO) PDF
Quail (Scottish Agricultural College) HTML
That Quail Place (commercial site) HTML
- Bobwhite -
Bobwhite Quail Production (Pennsylvania State University) PDF
Bobwhite Quail Production (University of Florida) PDF / HTML
Game Bird (Bobwhite) Brooder House Plan (Mississippi State University) HTML
Game Bird (Bobwhite) Grower House Plan (Mississippi State University) HTML
Game Bird (Bobwhite) Flight Pen Plan (Mississippi State University) HTML
Brooding Chickens and Quail (Mississippi State University) HTML
Feeding Bobwhite Quail (North Carolina State University) HTML
Feeding Quail (Mississippi State University) HTML
Raising Bobwhite Quail for Commercial Use (Mississippi State University) HTML
Bobwhite Quail Management (Alabama Cooperative Extension System) HTML
The Propagation and Commercial Use of Bobwhite Quail (Alabama Cooperative Extension System) HTML
Planting Partridge Pea for Bobwhite Quail (Alabama Cooperative Extension System) HTML
Bobwhite Quail Production and Management Guide (University of Georgia) PDF / HTML
Nutrition Guide for Bobwhite Quail Production (University of Georgia) PDF / HTML
- Japanese -
Japanese Quail - Coturnix (Texas A&M) PDF
Japanese Quail Husbandry in the Laboratory (The Quail Place) PDF
The Nutrition and Management of Japanese (Coturnix) Quail in the Tropics (That Quail Place) HTML
Japanese Quail Farming (That Quail Place) HTML
Functional Development of Small Intestine of Japanese Quail Hatched on MIR Orbital Station (Acta Vet. Brno 2001) PDF
Aggressive Pecking by Males in Breeding Groups of Japanese Quail (British Poultry Science 1998) PDF
Phenotypic Correlations Between Some External and Internal Egg Quality Traits in Japanese Quail (Corturnix coturnix Japonica) (International Journal of Poultry Science 3:400-405, 2004) PDF
Japanese quail husbandry in the laboratory (University of California, Davis) PDF
WILD TURKEYS
- Managing wild flocks -
Wild Turkey (Mississippi State University) PDF
Wild Turkey Management (North Carolina State University) HTML
Wild Turkey Management in Alabama (Alabama Cooperative Extension System) HTML
Upland Game: Wild Turkeys (Texas Parks and Wildlife) HTML
Managing Iowa Wildlife: Wild Turkeys (Iowa State University) PDF
Field Dressing a Wild Turkey (Wild Turkey Hunting Network) HTML
GUINEA FOWL
Raising Guinea Fowl (Texas A&M) PDF
Raising Guineas (commercial site: Guinea Farm) HTML
Guinea Fowl Management (University of Connecticut) HTML
Guinea Fowl (Oklahoma State University) HTML
Guinea Fowl Numida meleagris (commercial site: FeatherSite) HTML
PEAFOWL
The Peacock Information (commercial site) HTML
How do I Raise Baby Peafowl (commercial site) HTML
Peafowl Genetics (commercial site) HTML
Peafowl (United Peafowl Association) HTML
History of Peafowl in Captivity (United Peafowl Association) HTML
Keeping Peafowl - Do's and Don'ts ( (United Peafowl Association) HTML
Peafowl Housing (United Peafowl Association) HTML
Diseases of Peafowl (United Peafowl Association) HTML
Marketing Your Peafowl (United Peafowl Association) HTML
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES
Mourning Dove Management in Alabama (Alabama Cooperative Extension System) HTML
Attracting Waterfowl to Beaver Ponds (Alabama Cooperative Extension System) HTML
STATUS OF THE GAME BIRD INDUSTRY
Profile of the Canadian Game Bird Industry (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) HTML Current Status of Florida's Game Bird Industry (University of Florida) PDF / HTML
Farming and Pheasants in Colorado (Colorado State University) HTML
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