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Our next 'How to Raise Backyard Chickens' workshop is scheduled for Saturday, June 25th from 6 - 8 p.m. You’ll learn everything you need to know about starting your own flock, building a brooder or small coop, feeding and caring for your flock, how many chickens are best for your space, which...

I set 9 d'Uccle eggs 23 days ago. All were developing and moving through week 2. One pipped 2 days early and died. Two pipped on Sunday (hatch day)...one hatched yesterday, one died. The remaining 6 appear to have died in the shell without pipping. The temp and humidity have been perfect...

Just the data files.

Anyone else out there know of where I can get a downloadable database of chicken breeds?

@Henk69 - Is it possible to download the database? I'm attempting to create a comprehensive database of chicken breeds. I have a list of roughly 600 breeds but no data for any of the breeds yet.

I'm looking for a database of chicken breeds with information about each breed that I can download to my pc and import into MySQL. If you know where I can download such a file, I'd appreciate it.

Well, let me show you what I found a few days ago. One of my chickens broke its right wing. It's a Merlin...a type of falcon. I rescued it and turned it over to a wildlife rehab group. I think its eyes were far too big for its stomach...and size. I have a Silver Phoenix Rooster that knows...

Heh...I designed and built that coop for a family in Tucson. It turned out very nice...and very critter-proof. You can find more at http://www.woodandstonelandscapedesign.com.

Here's another one. This is Samurai, our Black Japanese Bantam:

Or this one?

How's this one? This is my Silver Phoenix Roo.

You can see more pics of Sushi here .