Poultry is the class of domesticated fowl (birds) used for food or for their eggs. These most typically are members of the orders Galliformes (such as chickens and turkeys), and Anseriformes (waterfowl such as ducks and geese).

The word poultry is often used to refer to the meat of these birds. In a more general sense, it may refer to the meat of other birds, such as pigeons or doves, or game birds like pheasants.

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Russia cuts U.S. poultry, pork 2010 import quotas http://url4.eu/xeU8
forexfinancialm (Forex Financial Mex) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:15:04 -0000
Russia cuts U.S. poultry, pork 2010 import quotas http://url4.eu/xeU8
Young farmers compete for new Norfolk poultry title http://bit.ly/5jkkFW #norfolk
edpbusiness (EDP Business) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:36:10 -0000
Young farmers compete for new Norfolk poultry title http://bit.ly/5jkkFW #norfolk
Keep holidays happy with food safety: Do not rinse raw meat and poultry before cooking because it spreads bacteria ... http://bit.ly/7IzETQ
cookingeggs (Eggs) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:14:04 -0000
Keep holidays happy with food safety: Do not rinse raw meat and poultry before cooking because it spreads bacteria ... http://bit.ly/7IzETQ
Flash: "New Charles City poultry plant receives state loan" http://tinyurl.com/ygnu7w5
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Flash: "New Charles City poultry plant receives state loan" http://tinyurl.com/ygnu7w5
Not quite sure why, but Google Reader mobile is advertising motors for poultry feed dispensers at me.
jtopper (Jon Topper) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:00:50 -0000
Not quite sure why, but Google Reader mobile is advertising motors for poultry feed dispensers at me.
RP bans bird, poultry imports from France, Germany
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RP bans bird, poultry imports from France, Germany

 

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Dannie's Sad, Mad Chukkie Site - Vegetarian couple who raise laying hens in their Essex garden. Information about conditions of commercial battery and free-range hens, the family's dogs, and links to animal welfare groups.
Meta Description: [ A site dedicated to the welfare of poultry throughout the world ]

Ban Battery Cages - A hen rescue campaign in the Minneapolis area.

Battery Hens Campaign - Educates consumers about the welfare problems of egg production in battery cages and tries to achieve an international ban on battery cage systems. Info is from the Compassion in World Farming organization.

BBC - EU Bans of Battery Hen Cages - The European Union voted to ban battery hen cages across Europe, starting in 2009.
Meta Description: [ The European Union has voted to ban battery hen cages across Europe, starting in 2009. ]

BBC - Shoppers Duped in Egg Con - Claims that UK consumers are unwittingly buying hundreds of thousands of battery produced eggs, believing they have come from free-range hens.
Meta Description: [ Consumers are unwittingly buying hundreds of thousands of battery produced eggs, believing they have come from free-range hens, a farmer has claimed. ]

404 Buckeye Egg Farm Disaster - About the rescue of over 3000 battery hens from Ohio and how you can help.

Chicken Feed - Extensive international resource guide to natural chicken feeding, including a mailing forum. Site motto: Health Before Profit.
Meta Description: [ Information exchange on natural, organic chicken feed and poultry nutrition, free range chickens, pastured poultry, grass-fed grass fed poultry, inspired by the excellent quality of traditional and modern alternative poultry methods organic chicken feed, biological, natural, blend feed, additive ... ]

Chickens have rights too! - Salon Newsreal article about Karen Davis, the founder of UPC. By David Wallis, New York.

COK: ISECruelty.com - Information, photos and videos about the treatment of hens at ISE-America, an egg supplier with facilities in multiple states. From Compassion Over Killing.

CWF: Broiler Campaign - Information about labeling for stocking densities, the suffering of meat chickens and the health hazards for the consumers. From Compassion in World Farming. UK.
Meta Description: [ During the last 30 years broiler chickens have been selectively bred so that they grow at a significantly faster rate than nature intended. The modern broiler chicken now reaches slaughter weight at 40 – 42 days – this is twice as fast as 30 years ago. ]

Eastern Shore Chicken Sanctuary - Sanctuary plus activist organization working to eliminate chicken and livestock farming. Maryland, USA.
Meta Description: [ Eastern Shore Chicken Sanctuary and Education Center shelters survivors of the poultry and egg industries while also undertaking research and community education aimed at diet change and agriculture reform. ]

European Union Laying Hens Legislation - This page from the official European Union website will always show the latest information on their regulations concerning laying hens and the ban on battery egg farming.

Farm Animal Welfare Network - Animal Rights site that focuses on all types of poultry. UK.

FS: Poultry.org - Contains pictures, videos, and information about the animal suffering, human health hazards, worker exploitation, and environmental destruction caused by the poultry industry. From the Farm Sanctuary organization.
Meta Description: [ FactoryFarming.com is a public interest website intended to educate consumers about the deleterious consequences of intensive animal agriculture. ]

Gourmet Cruelty - Ccoalition dedicated to exposing the cruelty of the foie gras industry. Includes photo gallery, video clips and news. Based in Washington, DC, USA.
Meta Description: [ Exposing the cruelty of the foie gras industry—Hudson Valley Foie Gras in New York and Sonoma Foie Gras in California. ]

MFA: EggCruelty.Com - Investigation and rescue at Ohio's two largest egg factory farms. Background information, articles, photo and video gallery, suggestions for activism, and links to related sites. From Mercy for Animals, a vegan organization.
Meta Description: [ EggCruelty.com is a public interest website intended to expose the cruelty of the egg industry. ]

No Foie Gras - Educational and activist site working against force feeding of birds, a technique used in commercial foie gras production. Includes articles, resources, campaign materials, and links.

PETA - Commando Chicks - Campaign to inform consumers about the factory farming of meatbirds.

PETA: KFCCruelty - Presents the view that there is cruelty and abuse of chickens by KFC's suppliers and supports a vegan lifestyle.
Meta Description: [ KFC's suppliers cram birds into huge waste-filled factories, breed and drug them to grow so large that they can't even walk and break their wings and legs. At slaughter, the birds' throats are slit and they are dropped into tanks of scalding-hot water - often while fully conscious. It would be il... ]

PETA: Turkey Farm Cruelty - An undercover investigation in Minnesota plus a campaign for justice. Also information about vegetarian products to substitute turkey meat.
Meta Description: [ Your source for great-tasting vegan and vegetarian recipes, information on all aspects of vegan and vegetarian living, news about PETA's campaigns to stop factory farming, tips and free stuff to help you promote a vegetarian lifestyle. ]

RSPCA: Broiler Chicken Suffering - Reports and educates about what happens to the birds who provide the UK with the nation's most popular meat. Online petition, press ad, commercial, and resources for activism.

The Cyberactivist - A blog from a former worker in a Tyson chicken processing plant, where he documents in bloody detail how chickens are killed, and what he finally did about it.
Meta Description: [ Behind the scenes of the fight for animal rights and preservation of the environment - my experiences as a Tyson slaughterhouse worker turned vegan activist. Exposing the evils of factory farming, by Virgil Butler. ]

The Ducks' Voice - Dedicated to banning the force feeding of ducks and geese to produce pate de foie gras.
Meta Description: [ Force feeding ducks and geese to produce pate de foie gras is one of the cruelest forms of animal torture today. This site explains why it should be banned everywhere. ]

United Poultry Concerns - Activist group that campaigns against cruelty to chickens and other domestic fowl. Site features action alerts, resource articles, merchandise and membership. Virginia, US.