This should be a start for you. Also, check out the GardenWeb Permaculture Forum.

Here is a link that might be useful: Sustainable Farming

I think there are several message boards dedicated to pastured poultry. MSN groups as I recall. There are articles at several other web sites, "New Farm" "ATTRA (appropriate Technology transfer for rural areas), and others.
before investing a large sim of money into a new pou;ltry based buysiness, it may be prudent to read about the NAIS, National Animal Identification System. It could impact your business plan.

Thanks for the info maggie_j and fancifowl! :)

You can also try searching on "organic" and "free range" poultry. Enchanted Learning has a great site aimed at homeschooling kids, they have a wonderful page on the development of an egg to chick and all the terminology, best I've seen.

Velvet ~:>

velvet sparrow, thanks for the help! :)