A brief guide to medications for backyard poultry, focusing on antibiotics, pain medication, sedatives, antifungals, coccidiostats, dewormers and a few other useful or necessary drugs.
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Coccidiosis & How To Treat It Picture by animallover1654 What is Coccidiosis? Coccidia are a microscopic parasitic organism that infect poultry when ingested by the chicken. The parasites found in the ground or bird feces attaches...
Hello! I am a 4H and FFA member in Iowa! I was in fifth grade when I first started showing poultry. And while I did some research I was mostly clueless about what I was walking into! I didn't know what to do when the judge approached me in Showmanship. What was the judge looking for in in a production poultry class? So, will explain a little bit about what my county fair poultry show looked ...
Part 3: poultry and breed selection I will only cover poultry types that I have personally overwintered. Chickens: In General: TINY COMBS AND WATTLES! It makes a huge difference. There are some temperatures, some climates, where no matter how good your care, those big combs and wattles will freeze! The best combs for cold climates are pea and ...
"Marek’s disease is one of the most ubiquitous avian infections; it is identified in chicken flocks worldwide." - Marek’s Disease in Poultry by Jon Dunn. Every flock, except those maintained under strict pathogen-free environments, has the potential to be infected. It is an incredibly common disease! This article is long! If you are just looking for specific information, I have broken it ...
Keeping in mind that ivermectin is a product mainly used to treat cattle and is off label for chickens, I hope you know that ivermectin's primary purpose is a wormer, it's secondary benefit is that it kills mites, but not chicken lice. Chicken lice do not suck blood. Cattle lice which are a different type of lice suck blood from cattle. If you're dealing with external parasites, you'll still ...
