Feed & Health
Can Chickens Eat Weeds?
Can chickens eat weeds, and can chickens eat dandelions? Weeds are an often overlooked part of a chicken’s diet. Save money on feed costs by learning what weeds chickens can eat.
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Natural Pain Relief for Birds
Learn how to recognize the subtle signs of a chicken in pain, and have natural pain relief for birds ready to mitigate pain as soon as we suspect it’s a problem.
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Why Shouldn’t You Help a Chick Hatch
Why shouldn’t you help a chick hatch? In most circumstances, it’s best not to try to save late-hatched chicks.
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Kombucha for Chickens
Learn about the benefits of kombucha for chickens and how to feed it to chickens safely.
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Avian Cholera Waterfowl
Avian cholera in waterfowl is an uncommon disease for backyard poultry, but an ounce of prevention can deter an unwanted disease.
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Derzsy’s Disease in Geese
Geese are remarkably hardy. However, they can occasionally get some nasty diseases — Derzsy’s disease being one of them.
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Vent Gleet in Chickens
Vent gleet in poultry, also known as cloacitis, is one of the many vent problems in chickens that both backyard poultry hobbyists and commercial growers might encounter.
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Red Mites and Autopsies
Guda van der Burgt is a veterinary pathologist who undertakes chicken autopsies. She lives at Rough Ground Farm in Oxfordshire, England.
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Poultry News June/July 2024
Read up on poultry news for June July of 2024.
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Spotting Ectoparasites on Ducks
Waterfowl parasites, also called ectoparasites, eat blood, feather shafts and cause long term illness in your ducks.
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