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.
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...
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 ...
Hello BYC community, I’m a board-certified poultry veterinarian with over 20 years of experience, and I’m excited to contribute here! My journey with poultry started in rural Texas, where I grew up surrounded by birds - from golden pheasants, peacocks, turkeys, doves, and pigeons to silkies...
My Crevecoeur hens' feet infected severely with SLM. - What are Scaly Leg Mites? Scaly leg mites are a type of external parasite that can cause discomfort and pain to your chickens or other poultry by burrowing under the scales on their legs and feet. This causes the scales to become crusty and lift instead of staying flat and smooth. The mites dig tiny tunnels under the skin and eat tissue ...
It can be contracted from infected poultry, wild birds, it also goes airborne and even passed down in the egg from parent birds. It exhibits itself in several ways from respiratory infections, liver infections, circulation and egg laying issues, however it's target is the tendons and synovial fluid in the legs, most commonly the left leg.