Feed & Health

Chicken Scraps to Avoid or Limit
September 13, 2023 · · Feed & Health

What chickens scraps should you avoid feeding? Can they have cheese or citrus? While some are okay in small amounts, others not at all.

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Cleaning Up After Flystrike
July 6, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Learn how to recognize and treat flystrike caused by flies laying their eggs in dead or damaged poultry tissue.

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What’s in Your Chicken Feed?
July 6, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Commercially produced chicken feeds use similar base ingredients. Learn key ingredients, phosphorus, protein, calcium, salts, crude fats.

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Herbs for Your Poultry First-Aid Kit
July 6, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Yarrow, calendula, and nettle heal wounds, have anti-bacterial properties and should be in your poultry first-aid kit.

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Enteritis in Chickens and Other Poultry
May 27, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Learn to spot enteritis in chickens, turkeys, quails, and ducks to help them maintain good gut health.

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Fluke Infestations in Waterfowl
May 27, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Fluke infestations in waterfowl are not common, but watch for a type of parasitic flatworm that belongs to the scientific class Trematoda.

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Herbs for Heat
May 26, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Protect your flock in the summer heat with herbs for stress management, to keep them cool and healthy.

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The Indomitable Rosie
May 22, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Story about finding and treating a life-threatening mass in a chicken.

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Fat Feeders and Food Drawers
April 18, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Frank Hyman humorously shows us how to make two different types of DIY poultry feeders that are inexpensive and efficient.

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Stress in Mail-Order Chicks
March 1, 2023 · · Feed & Health

Choosing the best place to order chicks online to avoid shipping stress and how to save them if it occurs.

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