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Choosing the Right Chicken Breed: A Guide for Beginners Choosing the right chicken breed is a decision that will have a big impact on your flock’s success By considering your primary purpose (eggs, meat, or both), your local climate, the amount of space available, and the chickens' temperament, you can make a well-informed choice that will set you up for a productive and enjoyable chicken-raising
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
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
How To Raise Chickens Raising Chickens 101 – All the info you need to get started raising chickens Choosing a breed, hatching eggs, building a perfect coop more!
Bird Flu: What You Need To Know - BackYard Chickens Bird flu symptoms Among the difficulties with avian flu is that it can infect healthy chickens that initially show no symptoms of the disease So healthy chickens can spread the virus, and you won't be able to see the difference between healthy chickens and infected chickens However, infected chickens are likely to be dead within a few hours of getting highly pathogenic avian influenza You
Common egg quality problems - BackYard Chickens Approximately 2% of all chicken eggs have some defect, ranging from minor, barely noticeable faults to downright alarming deformities So the chances are pretty good that most, if not all flock owners will at some stage find an irregular egg This article is about the most common egg irregularities and problems and their causes
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
The Best Chicken Feed | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens Need a comprehensive guide to the best chicken feed for all life stages? Chicks, hens, and roosters need different nutrients, and feeding them incorrectly can have disastrous consequences We know that laying hens need more calcium in their feed