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Health & Seasonal Issues
Protecting Chickens from Killer Black Flies: Buffalo Gnats
How to Help a Sick Chicken
How to Care for an Injured Chicken
Chicken Health & Poultry Management Contacts by State
Chicken First Aid Kit & Sick-Bay. Be prepared.
Chicken Checkup: DIY Physical Exam
The Right Way to Hold & Handle a Chicken
Poultry Lice and Mites Identification and Treatment
Control & Treatment of Worms in Chickens
How to Humanely Euthanize a Chicken by Dr. Mike Petrik, The Chicken Vet
When & How to Trim a Chicken’s Nails & Rooster’s Spurs
Backyard Chickens & Salmonella: Keep it in Perspective
The Effects of Mint on Chickens, Flies and Rodents in the Chicken Yard
Virulent Newcastle Disease: The Poultry Grim Reaper
The Cut & Dry Truth about Diatomaceous Earth DE & Chickens
Biosecurity for Backyard Chickens
Making Eggs While She Sleeps: The Importance of Diet in Eggshell Formation
BUMBLEFOOT in Chickens: Causes & treatment. **WARNING: Graphic Photos**
Chicken Anatomy: The Crop, Impacted Crop & Sour Crop
Reasons Straw Does Not Belong in Chicken Coops
Fowl Pox Prevention & Treatment
Pendulous Crop in Backyard Chickens
Scaly Leg Mites in Chickens, Identification & Treatment
What’s the Scoop on Chicken Poop? The digestive system examined.
Coccidiosis: What Backyard Chicken Keepers Should Know
The Truth About Chickens, Pumpkin Seeds & Worms
5 Ways to Prepare for Chicken Illness, Injury & End of Life Decisions
How and When to Give a Chicken a Bath
Chicken Egg Binding. Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention
Flystrike in Backyard Chickens, Causes, Prevention & Treatment
Chickens & Obesity, The Silent Killer: How to Avoid Fatty Liver Hemorrhagic Syndrome & Heat Stroke
Salpingitis & Lash Eggs in Backyard Chickens: The Pus Coagulegg
Prolapse Vent in Chickens: Causes & Treatment. *Graphic Photos**
Scissor beak aka: Crossed beak- What it is and How to Manage It
Repairing a Chicken’s Broken Beak
How Altering Feed can Hurt Your Chickens
Bee Stings in Backyard Chickens
Hardware Disease in Backyard Chickens
5 Conditions Not Worthy of a Death Sentence: The No-Cull Zone
Chicken Surrogacy: Grafting Chicks to Broody Hens
Caring for Broody Hens: Facilitating Egg-hatching
How Much Heat Do Chicks REALLY Need? Think Like a Mother Hen!
The Dangers of Brooder Heat Lamps & a Safe Alternative
How Feather Dusters are Dangerous to Chicks
When Baby Chicks Need a Pedicure: Manure Balls.
Pasty Butt in Chicks: Causes,Treatment & Prevention
5 Common Problems in Baby Chicks with Solutions
Spraddle leg & Crooked Toes in Chicks- Causes and Treatments
Chicken Mating: How Does That Work?
15 Tips to Reduce FLIES Around the Chicken Coop
Naturally Sweeter Coops & Healthier Chickens with Zeolite
15+ Tips to Control Rodents Around Chicken Coops
Quarantine of Backyard Chickens: When and How
Chicken Feather Loss & Cannibalism: Causes & Solutions
10+ Tips for Healthy Chickens
The Shocking Effect of an Oatmeal Breakfast on Chickens
Chicken Anatomy: Nictitating Membrane, The Eyes Have it
Wing Clipping: Whether & How to Clip a Chicken’s Wing Feathers
Backyard Chickens & Avian Influenza: What to Do About Bird Flu
Probiotics, A Natural Choice for Healthy Chickens
Decrease in Egg Production: Causes & Solutions
The Broody Breaker- When a Hen’s Mood to Hatch Should be Interrupted
Chicken Coop Litter: Sand, the Litter Superstar
Spruce the Coop Herbal Fusion for Chicken Coop Nest Boxes
Beat the Heat: Helping Chickens Survive High Temps
Chicken Heat Stress, Dehydration and Homemade Electrolyte Solution
Why Water is Critically Important to Chickens
Clean Water: The Advantages of Poultry Nipple Waterers
Surviving Winter with Chickens
Whether to Heat the Chicken Coop in Cold Weather
10 Winter Chicken Care Mistakes to Avoid
Frostbite in Backyard Chickens: Causes, Treatment & Prevention
Make a Cookie Tin Waterer Heater. Under $10, & 10 minutes!
Chicken Sweaters: Just Say No
FROZEN EGGS: The Nest Box Cozy & Winter Food Safety Tips
Caring for Broody Hens in Extreme Cold
20+ Winter Boredom Busters for Backyard Chickens!
Foul Weather Dust Bath for Backyard Chickens
Chicken Dust Bath: The Ultimate Spa Treatment
Chicken Saddles & Chicken Diapers
Chicken Nipple Waterer DIY Instructions- Clean Water is Always a Tap Away
Supplemental LIGHT in the Chicken Coop: Why & How
Molting. What is it and How to Help Chickens Get Through It
Droppings Boards, because Poop Happens
How a Hen Makes an Egg & Egg Oddities.
Hurricane Preparedness for Backyard Chickens.
Illustrated Glossary of Essential Chicken Terms
Antibiotics Use Rules Change: What the USDA Veterinary Feed Directive Means for Backyard Chickens
Veterinary Care for Backyard Chickens, a Dialogue that Must Begin
Answers from The Chicken Vet on Bacterial Infections and Introduction to Dr. Mike Petrik, The Chicken Vet
Answers from The Chicken Vet on WORMING
Answers from The Chicken Vet on VACCINATIONS
Causes of Lash Eggs & Salpingitis by Annika McKillop DVM, MSpVM, DACPV
Diatomaceous Earth, DE. The Benefit/Risk Analysis from The Experts
Natural Chicken Keeping: Herbal Mentors
Raising Chickens Naturally: Diatomaceous Earth is No Friend of Nature, by herbalist Susan Burek
Preparing for Chicken Feed Recalls- Safety First
De-Skunking Solution- Shampoo & Rinse for Skunk Victims
The Effect of the Solar Eclipse on Chickens
Hugely Exciting News! The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition!
The 12 Gifts of Chickens
Got FLIES? Vanilla Scented Christmas Trees in the Chicken Coop
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