What's New 2002 - PoultryHelp.com

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12/31/02 - Posted a page of photos of all the new pygmy kids romping in the back yard 12/28/02.
12/31/02 - Posted a page of photos of Bonnet's Twin pygmy babies born 5 PM on 12/27/02.
12/31/02 - Posted 2 pages of photos of our Christmas Triplet pygmy goats born Christmas morning.
12/17/02 - Updated Hatching egg availability again - most breeds have now slowed or stopped.
12/04/02 - Added several new links and updated others on several help links pages.
12/04/02 - Updated hatching egg and craft egg availability pages
11/20/02 - Added several new links and updated others on several help links pages.
10/14/02 - Added several new links and updated others on several help links pages.
09/30/02- Updated Hatching egg availability
09/30/02 - Posted two pages of photos of the 8ft x 12ft Tack Room we just built for our horse equipment.
09/20/02 - Posted notice on the home page about current email problems.
08/29/02 - Posted new pages of horse photos taken last weekend: Sara Page 4, and Jackpot Page 2.
08/29/02 - Added links to several help links pages.
08/23/02 - Added 2 news stories to the new Chickens in the News Page 21.
08/20/02 - Edited the Poultry Auctions page to reflect the new name for Eggbay - EggBid.com
08/07/02 - Added NUMEROUS links to the Poultry Organizations and Breed Clubs Page and alphabetized the links.
08/06/02 - Added about 25 links to the Peafowl Help and Website Links and several other pages.
08/02/02 - WOW! Posted a Satellite Photo of our Farm taken in 1995 by the U.S. Geological Survey with added notations
08/02/02 - Posted a page of photos of the 104 Barred Rock Pullet chicks we picked up from Ideal Hatchery in Cameron, TX on 31 July 2002.
08/02/02 - Posted a Page of photos of our new trio of New Zealand White Rabbits a customer donated to the farm.
08/02/02 - Added 4 new photos to the Mottled Japanese Bantam Page.
08/02/02 - Added 3 new photos to the White Silkie Bantam Page.
08/02/02 - Updated the About Us, Personal Photos and Site Map pages to provide links to the new pages added above.
07/30/02 - Posted a new Gardening Photos page #8.
07/30/02 - Added 8 new photos to the Backyard Goldfish Pond Page now that some water plants have been added.
07/30/02 - Added links to the Pigeon Links, Poultry Diseases , Poultry Suppliers and Personal Poultry Websites pages.
07/26/02 - Added 2 news stories to the Chickens in the News Page 19 and Page 20.
07/25/02 - Added a breaking news story to the Chickens in the News Page 19.
07/22/02 - Added numerous new trivia to the "Think You Know It All?" page.
07/19/02 - Added 2 breaking news stories to the Chickens in the News Page 19.
07/17/02 - Added a breaking news story to the Chickens in the News Page 18.
07/15/02 - Added a fresh news article to the Chickens in the News Page 18.
06/30/02 - Updated Hatching Egg Availability and packing/shipping charges due the postal increase effective today.
06/25/02 - Posted a page of photos of barn repairs done last weekend after Jackpot pushed out the back wall of his stall.
06/24/02 - Added two recent news stories to the Chicken in the News Pages and a new link to the Links 4 Kids page.
06/20/02 - Replaced Justine's photo on the home page with a current one taken last weekend and fixed a bug on our Site Map that sent you to our NPIP Certificate if you clicked on Payments via Paypal (I hate when that happens!!)
06/19/02 - Posted a page of photos of Jackpot, our new 11 year old Quarter Horse gelding.
06/19/02 - Posted a page of photos of our new 14 foot stock trailer.
06/18/02 - Added several more links to the Poultry FAQ page, Farm Management Help page and Poultry Diseases Help page.
06/17/02- We added numerous new documents to many of the Help Link pages as well as the Poultry FAQ page thanks to April Martin of Ohio State University who provided the info!
06/17/02 - Added a new help links page: Poultry (and other) Links Just 4 Kids!
06/10/02 - Added new logo to home page. The logo was created for us by All American Signs, Killeen, Texas (254-634-0943) for display on our new stock trailer. Look for photos soon.
06/07/02 - Reorganized the Poultry Diseases Help page to categorize the information and make things easier to find.
06/06/02 - Reorganized the Home Page Main Menu to make room for the new pages (added a column).
06/06/02 - Posted a page of interesting Egg Trivia courtesy of the Egg Nutrition Center.
06/06/02 - Posted a page of general trivia we bet you didn't know - Think You Know It All ??
06/05/02 - Verified every single link on our Poultry Suppliers page and called them by phone if necessary to verify website/email info. Removed any we could not verify.
05/31/02 - Found and posted numerous additional websites associated with companies on our Poultry Suppliers Link Page.
05/30/02 - Updated the Hatching Egg Availability and the Craft Egg Availability pages.
05/29/02 - Searched the web and found many new websites associated with companies on our Poultry Suppliers Link Page.
05/24/02 - "Did Somebody say McChickenHead?" - Another Chickens in the News (Page 17) Story!
05/21/02 - Numbered the questions on the Poultry FAQ page to make them easier to reference on the Message Board.
05/21/02 - You GOTTA see this! Hot off MSNBC.COM! The Featherless Chicken! Chickens in the News Page 16.
05/19/02 - Added a section on Guinea fowl to the Poultry Frequently Asked Questions page.
05/18/02 - We finally got the nerve to saddle Sara up today and she what she'd do. Sara Page 3
05/18/02- Austin the Sheep got his first haircut on May 6. Here are a few pictures. Austin Page 4.
05/16/02 - Completely reorganized the Frequently Asked Questions page to put questions in groups under a topic. It should now be MUCH easier to find something on that page. Also added numerous questions and answers to the list. Each topic also has a link to our Help Pages on that topic.
05/14/02 - Added several links to the Personal Poultry Websites page and stories to the Chickens in the News Page 15.
05/09/02 - Added numerous links to various Help Link Pages - Too numerous to list all of them.
05/08/02 - Added several links and fixed numerous links on our Hatchery Links page.
05/07/02 - Updated the About Us page.
05/01/02 - Posted another page of gardening photos taken 3/24 and 3/31, 2002. Gardening 7
05/01/02 - Posted 2 pages of Around the House photos taken 3/24/02 - Around the House 3 and Around the House 4.
04/30/02 - We had a new Chain Link Fence put up in March to keep the critters out of the back yard flower beds.
04/30/02 - Posted a page of photos of our Goldfish Pond in the back yard.
04/30/02 - Posted a page of photos of Justine's new vegetable bed we built on the side of our workshop.
04/30/02 - Added recent photos of Austin the Sheep and Dallas the goat to their pages.
04/28/02 - Added several links to the Guinea Fowl Help page.
04/25/02 - Fixed a bug on Chickens in the News Page 12 that prevented a visitor from going to the next page. (rats!)
04/25/02 - Posted another Chickens in the News Story, "Space Traveled Eggs Hatch in China".
04/25/02 - Modified the Hatching Egg Prices page to permit viewing breed photos by clicking the breed name. (check the elephant eggs :o)
04/24/02 - Added another chicken cartoon page: Chicken Cartoons #4.
04/22/02 - Updated the Hatching Egg Availability to reflect the recent dramatic slow down of our Rhode Island Reds.
04/20/02- Posted a page of photos taken around the farm on 4/18/2002. Around the Farm - Page 5
04/19/02 - Posted two pages of photos of our newest addition, Sara, the Morgan horse mare.
04/18/02 - Posted a transcript of President Bush's address to the Nation on Tuesday night, 09/11/01
04/17/02- Well, it happened again. It seems we get a new animal on the farm every April. This time it's a Morgan horse mare that our neighbors wanted to give to a good home since they retired and want to travel. Justine is thrilled to death and we've already made 'Sara' a home. Look for photos in the next couple of days.
04/12/02 - Posted a page of instructions on how to build Homemade Brooders, Cheep and Easy.
04/11/02 - Still playing catch up. Posted another page of Gardening photos taken in May 2001.
04/11/02 - Posted a page of photos taken around the farm during Christmas 2001 and January 2002.
04/11/02 - Posted a page of 10 photos of Austin, the Sheep, now all grown up. Trying to catch up posting photos.
04/11/02 - Made minor changes to several pages, including: About Us, Payments, Contact Us, Mailing List.
04/10/02 - Added several links to various links pages and a news item to the Chickens in the News page.
04/05/02 - The home page was not displaying correctly (crazy column widths!!) using I.E. Fixed Now !!
04/05/02- Added 2 more Chicken Cartoon pages and 8 new cartoons with permission from the artist.
04/04/02 - Updated the Hatching Egg Availability since the guineas have increased production.
04/04/02- Posted a transcript of President George W. Bush's Middle East Statement of today, 4 April 2002 on the Patriotism Page.
04/04/02 - Started a new feature: Chicken Cartoons with one cartoon. It's linked from the Main Menu.
04/04/02 - Split this What's New page into years to speed loading. Made previous years available with links above.
04/04/02 - Split the Chickens in the News Page into 14 pages to speed loading and posted several news stories.
04/03/02- Added a number of help links to the following pages: Poultry Farm Management, Raising Poultry, Poultry Housing, Poultry Diseases, Poultry Biosecurity, an several others. These are from the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture.
04/02/02 - Posted the complete text of President Bush's address to Congress, Sept 20, 2001 on the Patriotism Page.
04/02/02 - Changed the background on our Patriotism Pages. New background courtesy of Misty of alighthouse.com
04/01/02 - Joined the USA Pride and United We Stand Webrings. The links are on our American Patriotism Index Page.
04/01/02 - Added a number of awe inspiring patriotic graphic images by Jeff Hobarth. Used with permission.
03/30/01 - Added a new Patriotism Page: My Name is Old Glory, a poem by Howard Schnauber. Used with permission.
03/29/01 - Moved our Patriotic pages from the home page to an American Patriotism Index page.
03/29/01 - Received a Thank You award for rescuing Foxy the Pomeranian and posted it on her memorial page.
03/28/01 - Reorganized all of our Awards Pages and added an index. The Website has so far received 162 awards.
03/24/02 - Added a couple of photos of Coturnix Quail chicks to the Baby Chick Photos page.
03/24/02 - Updated the Payments page to provide PayPal's 24 hour assistance phone number.
03/24/02 - Updated the Poultry Auctions page with banners and removed one site which has evidently closed.
03/23/02 - Posted a page of photos showing how we currently wrap quail eggs for shipping.
03/21/02 - Reorganized the following pages to make them easier to navigate: About US, Our Services, Hatching Eggs, and Chicks and Adults. Also added the "Little Links" to the TOPS of these pages, because they're rather long. We'll be doing this to all the larger pages on the website in the near future as we can find time.
03/21/02 - Put the info on this What's New page into a bulleted list.
03/21/02 - Added a couple of new awards to the latest awards page.
03/18/02 - Added two news articles to the Chickens in The News page.
03/18/02 - Updated hatching egg availability. Several breeds are now increasing production.
03/18/02 - Updated several links and added a few to the Hatcheries Links Page.
03/06/02 - Updated hatching egg availability. Many breeds were increasing production until temps dropped to 9° last week.
03/04/02 - Added several links to the Gamebird and Hatcheries Links pages, and another publication to the Poultry Books page.
03/02/02 - Added several more news items to the Chickens in the News page.
02/23/02 - Updated hatching egg availability and added three news items to the Chickens in the News page.
02/06/02 - Added several news items to the Chickens in the News page.
02/04/02 - Added a news item to the Chickens in the News page.
02/01/02 - Posted a page of photos of Tex, Justine's new Pomeranian, and a news item to the Chickens in the News Page.
01/31/02 - The Poultry Epidemiologist made his annual pilgrimage to our farm this morning and performed the annual NPIP Certification testing. We documented the procedure in photos and posted the page. The 2002 NPIP Certificate will be scanned and posted as soon as possible.
01/29/02 - We had a couple of chicks hatch 1/25 with Spraddle Legs and used the occasion to take some pictures and document the procedure to get the chicks walking again.
01/25/02 - Added a book list to the bottom of some of the help pages, such as pigeon, gamebirds, waterfowl, and others.
01/23/02 - NEW - We've made arrangements with Amazon.com and can now offer "Must Have" Poultry Books, many discounted up to 30% off list price. By ordering via our website you help us grow and get a discount too!
01/20/02 - Posted several pages dealing with What and How We Feed Our Birds after receiving several requests for this information.
01/18/02 - Posted a page with a very comprehensive listing of Toxic Plants, including common and scientific names as well as the part of the plant that's toxic and the effect of the toxin.
01/18/02 - Broke off the 2000 and 2001 Guestbook into separate files so the current Guestbook will load quicker.
01/18/02 - Fixed the Message Board that I screwed up while adding the search function, argghhh!!
01/17/02 - Added a Search Capability just for the Poultry Help Line Message Board. It ONLY searches the messages, not the entire site. The full site search is still available, of course. Also fixed a bug on the Links Index to toxic plants.
01/16/02 - We can view reports of what people are searching for on the website and today added some "Search Tips". We'll continue to monitor this and update the Search Tips as necessary.
01/16/02 - Added two breaking news stories to the Chickens in the News page.
01/15/02 - Posted 2 pages of photos of our newest additions, Bonnet and Daisy, two pygmy goats born on 10/25/01.
01/15/02 - Posted a new page of photos of Dallas the Nubian Goat, now 8 months old.
01/15/02 - Posted a NEW Help Links Page: Plants: Toxic or Safe for Poultry.
01/15/02 - Posted 2 documents on Plants that are toxic to chickens, one sorted by Common Name, one by Scientific name.
01/14/02 - FINALLY Added a Search Function to the Website. Now it's easier than ever to find the info you need! There are "little links" at the bottom of every page of this site that include the Search Function.
01/09/02 - Added numerous new links to most of the links pages.
01/08/02 - Finished testing all links pages and correcting any broken links found. Added new links to most pages.
01/07/02 - We're about halfway through testing all our links pages. Added new links on most pages and removed or repaired numerous broken links.
01/05/02 - Added a new page to provide our visitors with "real time" Computer Virus Information and even test their computers online. This service is provided by Trend Micro, www.antivirus.com. It's available from our home page Main Menu.
01/05/02 - Added a new page of links related to Poultry Predators since we've had numerous requests recently.
01/03/02 - Added links to the following pages: Waterfowl, Poultry Organizations, Message Boards, Guineas,Agricultural Searches, Eggs and Egg Production, Personal Poultry Websites.
01/02/02 - Updated our listing with Family Friendly Websites and the Internet Content Rating Organization.
01/01/02 - Added numerous links to the Poultry Organizations and Breed Clubs page and a new auction site to Auctions page.

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