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Health & Seasonal Issues

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  • Buffalo Gnats Killer Black Flies & Backyard Chickens

    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 and Treatment of Worms in

    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

  • Salmonella & Backyard Chickens: Keep it in Perspective

    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

    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 causes, prevention & treatment in backyard chickens | The Chicken Chick®

    BUMBLEFOOT in Chickens: Causes & treatment. **WARNING: Graphic Photos**

  • Chicken Anatomy: The Crop, Impacted Crop & Sour Crop

  • straw is not for chickens

    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 pumpkins, worms and chickens

    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 Chicken Chick®

    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 chicknes

    Bee Stings in Backyard Chickens

  • Hardware Disease in Backyard Chickens

  • 5 Conditions Not Worthy of a Death Sentence: The No-Cull Zone

  • Grafting chicks to a broody hen

    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

  • Feather Duster Chick Strangulation Hazard

    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

  • The Chicken Chick's Sweet Coop® zeolite

    Naturally Sweeter Coops & Healthier Chickens with Sweet Coop® 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

    The Broody Breaker- When a Hen’s Mood to Hatch Should be Interrupted

  • Sand The Chicken Coop Litter Superstar

    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 or Not?

    Whether to Heat the Chicken Coop in Cold Weather

  • 10 Winter Chicken Care Mistakes to Avoid

    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

    Caring for Broody Hens in Extreme Cold

  • 20+ Winter Boredom Busters

    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 to support egg production - The Chicken Chick

    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

  • Preparing for a Chicken Feed Recall | The Chicken Chick®

    Preparing for Chicken Feed Recalls- Safety First

  • De-Skunk Solution | The Chicken Chick®

    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

    Got FLIES? Vanilla Scented Christmas Trees in the Chicken Coop

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