Additional Resources

The Chickscope project team has created a collection of resources that will make your experience of the Chickscope project more enjoyable. These resources are not necessarily essential to experience Chickscope, but have been found to be effective and supportive.

Some of these resources come to you directly from the Chickscope web server; others come from poultry-related web servers around the world. Some are educational, some are tools, and some are just plain fun.

A compact overview of the development cycle of the chicken egg. In addition to the information which can be found in greater detail through the Explore Embryology section of the Chickscope website, there are instructions for building incubators, suggested experiments for the classroom, and a good list of (slightly outdated) references.

A modern updating of an 1897 USDA Farmer's Bulletin which illustrates and describes dozens of common and exotic breeds/varieties of chickens. A large number of drawings and pictures make this one a bandwidth hog, but the illustrations and supplementary photos are well worth the wait.

A collection of pointers to software which makes navigating the Chickscope web site, and analyzing the Chickscope MRI datasets more enjoyable.

An ad hoc collection of pointers to websites around the world that specialize in chickens or poultry in general. Roughly sorted by category, you can locate sources of eggs, incubators, photos and descriptions of various chicken breeds, etc.

A list of references consulted during the preparation of the Chickscope website. Contains references to books and articles about embryology, anatomy, poultry science, children's books, etc.