Category: Good Poultry Hygiene Practices
Despite the most attentive chicken keeping, one of your birds will get sick sooner or later. It’s essential to have the ability to recognise the signs of illness and act fast — chickens are good at hiding their symptoms, so by the time you notice, they are generally very sick indeed. If you believe that your …
Are your flock looking a little itchy? Possibly their feathers are ruffled for no cause. Chicken mites and lice are annoying, bothersome problems to have with your backyard flock, and should be dealt with quickly as it can spread out to all the other feathered good friends. For the fastest way to eliminate these pests examine …
Why Have My Hens Stopped Laying Eggs? A lot of poultry owners feel worried and distressed when they open up their nesting containers to find out not a single egg has been actually laid. What have I done? Why have my hens stopped laying eggs?!” Some committed chicken lovers find this moment so distressing that they …
“Health is Wealth”— this saying also applies to chickens… The best feed and housed stock with the best genetic potential will not grow and produce efficiently if they become diseased or infested with parasites. Therefore good poultry health management is an important component of poultry production. Infectious disease causing agents will spread through a flock very quickly because …
