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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
- Treating with Ivermectin - BackYard Chickens
Keeping in mind that ivermectin is a product mainly used to treat cattle and is off label for chickens, I hope you know that ivermectin's primary purpose is a wormer, it's secondary benefit is that it kills mites, but not chicken lice Chicken lice do not suck blood Cattle lice which are a different type of lice suck blood from cattle If you're dealing with external parasites, you'll still
- California Breeders Hatcheries - BackYard Chickens
California Chicken BreedersFor those of us in California, finding breeders and hatcheries can be more of a challenge, as the most popular breeders and hatcheries are
- 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
- Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin
A brief guide on eliminating parasites using permethrin Includes step by step instructions and a list of supplies needed
- Raising Chickens 101 - Chicks, Breeds, Coops, Tips
Does your pet make you breakfast? Tips Tricks for raising chickens, building chicken coops, choosing chicken breeds + ask questions in our community forum
- 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
- Martis Poultry Farm | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens
Enough people had posted positively here about their Leghorn strain (Missouri super egg machine) so I bookmarked their page for ordering next year Now I am unable to access their homepage Are they still in business? Or is the site just down for the off season?
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