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This section focuses first on how we estimate distances, depending upon the level of interest, and then highlights some approaches for visualizing and gaining inferences from the distance matrix itself.
Standard Chickens. Wild Acres located in Armstrong, BC, Canada sells hatching eggs and chicks of the Ameraucana, Marans, Australorp, Jersey Giant, Orpington, Wyandotte, Welsummer and Olive Egger. Please also see our rare breeds and bantam breed pages.
A Major, New, Free Online Publication. This Atlas is the single most comprehensive, current information source on the status of British Columbia’s breeding birds. More than 630,000 records of 320 species are included in the database, including more than 16,500 records of 75 species at risk.
British Columbia residents can apply to grow up to 2,000 chickens per year for farm direct marketing. The permit administration fee is $20 and permit holders must report their placement and slaughter records. Note: In BC, all meat offered for sale must be processed at a provincially or federally inspected and approved facility.
An overview of animal genetics for agriculture sectors including dairy, poultry and red meat. This publication includes inventories, imports and exports, as well as information on production.
To protect chickens from predators and reduce their exposure to disease, most chickens in Canada are raised indoors. All BC chicken farmers follow strict biosecurity protocols designed to reduce the ability of viruses, bacteria, and parasites from entering their barns.
Look for free-range or animal welfare certified chicken if you want to support chickens having access to the outdoors. Broiler chickens have been bred to grow very quickly (especially their breast muscles) and reach market weight (around two kilograms) at just six to eight weeks of age.
