Raising your own Chickens for Fresh Eggs

This year for the first time I have had three different people ask for my help in getting a few chickens to raise in their backyard. I also had a young man raise his own ducks from eggs after he saw my baby ducks. I suppose it is a sign of hard economic times- and also the desire to live more in accordance with nature. Three of my local feed stores ran out of all the baby chicks that they had ordered in one day!!! That is most unusual. I am glad that people are more interested in not only the food that they eat and where it comes from, but also in living more economically.
So, since many people are asking about how to raise chickens-

Here are a few of my favorite links on raising chickens:

Mc Murray Hatchery
http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/index.html

Backyard Chickens:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/raising-chickens-basics.php

Backyard chickens and coop designs
http://www.backyardchickens.com/coopdesigns.html

Back yard chickens and breeds
http://www.backyardchickens.com/breeds/

My Pet chicken:
http://www.mypetchicken.com/Orpington-B80.aspx

my pet Chicken coops
http://www.mypetchicken.com/Wooden_Chicken_Coops-c8.aspx

The Country Chicken:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/

care:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/care.html

breeds:
http://www.cyndilou6.com/Ourbreeds.html