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- A Backyard Chicken Enthusiasts Formulary (Avian Drugs and Dosages)
A brief guide to medications for backyard poultry, focusing on antibiotics, pain medication, sedatives, antifungals, coccidiostats, dewormers and a few other useful or necessary drugs
- Coccidiosis How To Treat It - BackYard Chickens
Coccidiosis How To Treat It Picture by animallover1654 What is Coccidiosis? Coccidia are a microscopic parasitic organism that infect poultry when ingested by the chicken The parasites found in the ground or bird feces attaches
- Cold Weather Poultry Housing and Care - BackYard Chickens
Part 3: poultry and breed selection I will only cover poultry types that I have personally overwintered Chickens: In General: TINY COMBS AND WATTLES! It makes a huge difference There are some temperatures, some climates, where no matter how good your care, those big combs and wattles will freeze! The best combs for cold climates are pea and
- Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin
A brief guide to eliminating parasites using permethrin The article gives very limited information on how to address an infestation with lice or mites Many alternatives for permethrin are not mentioned There has been extensive research by experts into remedies against lice and mites * Permethrin is forbidden to use on poultry in the Netherlands , Belgium and some other countries in the
- Free Poultry Daily Monthly Pen Chart -- Easy Record Keeping F
We have put together an easy printable chart to manually record feed, eggs, production, etc It can be download and customized with your farm name using a
- Ammonia Toxicity in Chickens
Ammonia is naturally produced in poultry droppings and has a very pungent smell Besides the challenge of a smelly coop, did you know that ammonia levels could build up in your coop without proper ventilation especially during the winter months when it is cold outside and everyone wants to close the chickens up inside the coop for warmth? Did you know that ammonia is an invisible, water
- Bird Flu: What You Need To Know - BackYard Chickens
What is bird flu (or avian influenza)? Wild birds, captive birds, and domestic poultry (backyard poultry includes chickens, geese, ducks, quail, turkeys, pheasants, guinea fowl, and more) are all affected by bird flu, also known as HPAI H5 There are two kinds of avian influenza: high pathogenicity (HPAI) and low pathogenicity (LPAI)
- TREATING SCALY LEG MITES (SLM) - BackYard Chickens
My Crevecoeur hens' feet infected severely with SLM - What are Scaly Leg Mites? Scaly leg mites are a type of external parasite that can cause discomfort and pain to your chickens or other poultry by burrowing under the scales on their legs and feet This causes the scales to become crusty and lift instead of staying flat and smooth The mites dig tiny tunnels under the skin and eat tissue
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