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Welcome to our survey of CHICKEN BREEDS.

In the following survey, you will be asked to answer questions about characteristics of different breeds of chickens.

This survey will take 15 to 20 minutes to complete.

To break up the survey into manageable pieces, it is divided into the following sections:

Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: American-class Breeds
Section 3: Asiatic- and English-class Breeds
Section 4: Mediterranean-class Breeds
Section 5: Continental-class Breeds
Section 6: Miscellaneous-class Breeds
Section 7: White-egg Laying Hybrids
Section 8: Brown-egg Laying Hybrids
Section 9: Meat Hybrids
Section 10: Thank you!

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* 1. How many years have you kept chickens?

0 to 2

3 to 5

6 to 8

9 or more

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* 2. What's the average size of your winter laying flock?

Fewer than 10

11 to 20

21 to 50

50 to 99

100 or more

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* 3. Over the years, about how many breeds of chickens have you kept?

1 to 5

6 to 9

10 to 20

more than 20

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* 4. Which management systems have you used?

Totally free range

Day range

Pasture based (confined with electric netting or similar)

Deep litter

Confinement (coop and run)

Total confinement (coop or barn only)

Wire cages

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* 5. What do you do with eggs and meat?

Only use them for myself and my family

Give them to friends and neighbors

Sell eggs

Sell meat

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* 6. If you sell eggs, how much do you currently charge per dozen for each of the following?

	$2 or less	$2.50	$3.00	$3.50	$4.00	$4.50	$5 or more
Farm fresh only	Farm fresh only $2 or less	Farm fresh only $2.50	Farm fresh only $3.00	Farm fresh only $3.50	Farm fresh only $4.00	Farm fresh only $4.50	Farm fresh only $5 or more
Free-range	Free-range $2 or less	Free-range $2.50	Free-range $3.00	Free-range $3.50	Free-range $4.00	Free-range $4.50	Free-range $5 or more
Organic	Organic $2 or less	Organic $2.50	Organic $3.00	Organic $3.50	Organic $4.00	Organic $4.50	Organic $5 or more
Free-range and organic	Free-range and organic $2 or less	Free-range and organic $2.50	Free-range and organic $3.00	Free-range and organic $3.50	Free-range and organic $4.00	Free-range and organic $4.50	Free-range and organic $5 or more
Pasture-raised (grass-fed hens)	Pasture-raised (grass-fed hens) $2 or less	Pasture-raised (grass-fed hens) $2.50	Pasture-raised (grass-fed hens) $3.00	Pasture-raised (grass-fed hens) $3.50	Pasture-raised (grass-fed hens) $4.00	Pasture-raised (grass-fed hens) $4.50	Pasture-raised (grass-fed hens) $5 or more

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* 7. If you sell meat birds, how much do you currently charge per pound for the following categories?

	$1 or less	$1.01 to $2.00	$2.01 to $3.00	$3.01 to $4.00	$4.01 to $5.00	More than $5.00
Farm-fresh only	Farm-fresh only $1 or less	Farm-fresh only $1.01 to $2.00	Farm-fresh only $2.01 to $3.00	Farm-fresh only $3.01 to $4.00	Farm-fresh only $4.01 to $5.00	Farm-fresh only More than $5.00
Organic	Organic $1 or less	Organic $1.01 to $2.00	Organic $2.01 to $3.00	Organic $3.01 to $4.00	Organic $4.01 to $5.00	Organic More than $5.00
Pastured	Pastured $1 or less	Pastured $1.01 to $2.00	Pastured $2.01 to $3.00	Pastured $3.01 to $4.00	Pastured $4.01 to $5.00	Pastured More than $5.00
Heritage	Heritage $1 or less	Heritage $1.01 to $2.00	Heritage $2.01 to $3.00	Heritage $3.01 to $4.00	Heritage $4.01 to $5.00	Heritage More than $5.00

On the following pages, if you don't have experience with a specific breed, you can 1) Check the column marked "I don't have sufficient experience with this breed to give accurate information." or 2) Skip questions without checking any rating for a specific breed. We have also included an introductory question to each section so you can skip entire sections if you don't have experience with those particular breeds or hybrids.

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* 8. Do you have experience raising chickens in the American class (Buckeye, Chantecler, Delaware, Dominique, Holland, Java, Jersey Giant, Lamona, New Hampshire Red, Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, Rhode Island White or Wyandotte)?

Yes

No, take me to the next section, please.