Feed & Health
Gumboro Disease
Gumboro disease, caused by the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a highly contagious virus affecting chicks under 16 weeks of age.
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Preparing for Predators
Prepare for predators like raptors, rat snakes, American mink, Cooper’s hawks, with netting and reflectors.
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Prevent Spring Poultry Illness
Prevent and treat spring illnesses like Avian Flu, bumblefoot, infectious Coryza, Omphalitis, parasites, and staphylococcus.
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Rent a Chicken: Hens For Hire
Looking to rent a chicken? Hens for Hire is a great way to have chickens available in schools and for teaching about poultry.
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Worms in Chickens: Roundworm Resistance
Roundworm resistance is still being widely researched. Learn signs and symptoms of parasitic infection and worms in chickens and turkeys.
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Chicken Scraps to Avoid or Limit
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
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?
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
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
Learn to spot enteritis in chickens, turkeys, quails, and ducks to help them maintain good gut health.
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