If you are thinking of applying to have backyard hens in Edmonton, see the City's website for bylaw requirements.
Below are some of our favourite resources:

General Hen-Keeping Resources

​Backyardchickens.com Learning Centre
World Poultry "Health Tool"
Keeping Chickens Newsletter
​Backyard Poultry Magazine
The Chicken Chick
Vancouver's chicken policies
University of Missouri Small Flock Series
NC State University Poultry Extension
University of Maryland Raising Your Home Chicken Flock
The Happy Chicken Coop
​West Virginia University resources links
​UGA Extension
Cluckin
Barnevelders.net list of poultry words and terms
CFIA on preventing and detecting disease

​Local Hen-Keeping and Food Security Resources

Alberta Farm Animal Care videos
​Alberta Farm Animal Care's Fowl: Your Feathered Friends, Your Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Urban Chickens and Small Flocks
Locally-made videos by Jo Ann Chew
Edmonton Permaculture Guild
​Sustainable Food Edmonton
The Local Good
The Urban Farmer
​CLUCK Red Deer
​University of Alberta's Heritage Breeds Program

Local resources and veterinarians

Alberta Agriculture guide: Raising Chickens In Alberta

Local coop tour videos