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Poultry / Chicken Articles

Guide To Incubating Eggs
This article explains how to incubate your own eggs in an incubator and how to achieve high hatch rates.

Infectious Laryngotracheitis
Birds suffer from many respiratory diseases including Infectious Coryza, Infectious Bronchitis, CRD, and bacterial, fungal, and viral infections. This article focuses on one of them, Laryngotracheitis.

Infectious Bronchitis
Infectious Bronchitis is a disease that is often misdiagnosed as the common cold. Although your birds may be suffering from something else (CRD, Infectious Coryza, a fungal or bacterial infection), they probably don't have the common cold.

Mites - How To Prevent And Treat Mites
Mites are a problem that most poultry raisers will experience sooner or later. This article gives some tips on how to avoid getting them in the first place and also how to treat them if your birds do get them. Very informative.

The Many Uses Of Oxine in Poultry Operations
Oxine is a disinfectant that has many uses in poultry operations. This article is full of information on how to use oxine, where to get it, and what it is. Highly recommended!

Giving Injectable Medications to Poultry
Many poultry raisers aren't comfortable with giving shots to their birds. This article will explain how it is done and provide additional info on the subject.

Cell Migration
Cell Migration is basically the process that a bird goes through to make new skin cells (and recover from serious injuries). This article gives tips and tricks to increase the chances of a seriously injured bird recovering from an injury.

Using Diatomatious Earth (DE) Around Poultry
This article explains why the author thinks that poultry raisers shouldn't expose their birds to DE (Diatomatious Earth) and why the author believes that doing so is detrimental to the health of your birds.

Crusty Duck Heads - Dirty Duck Saliva
If your ducks are mysteriously getting crusty sticky stuff on their heads, then this article is for you!

My Chicken Has A Cold - Infectious Coryza
They probably have an upper respiratory ailment, such as Infectious Coryza, Infectious Bronchitis, a CRD, or perhaps some other form of respiratory distress including bacterial, fungal, or viral infection. This article talkes about Infectious Coryza.

The Emotional Side Of Poultry Raising
If I wanted to write a column on the "most frequently asked questions about poultry / chickens", I'd have to include this topic, since I get more email and calls about the heartbreak of the loss of a bird than I do about everything else combined.

Poultry Keeping In The Winter
For those of you in cold climates, this article will provide useful information on how to keep your birds in good shape during the winter.

Egg Drop Syndrome
If you are having a problem with egg production or egg quality in your flock, you might be interested in this article. Egg drop syndrome causes your hens to lay thin-shelled or shell-less eggs and can also dramatically reduce egg production.

General Health Care
This article gives some general guidelines for health care. It contains useful advice for increasing the overall health of your flock.

Toxoplasmosis (huh? What's That?)
Toxoplasmosis is a coccidian protozoan parasitic disease that affects mammals, birds, and reptiles. It primarily affects the central nervous system but can also affect the reproductive system, skeletal muscles, and critical organs.

Parasites - Worming Your Birds
This article looks at the different kinds of parasites that can infect birds and what you can do to prevent, treat, and control worms. Parasites are a common problem for poultry raisers so this article should be extremely helpful for poultry raisers.

How To Keep Your Birds Cool
For us poultry raisers who live in hot climates, this article will be especially useful. It explains methods of keeping your birds cool during the summer or other times when it is hot outside.

Poison - Toxins That Affect Poultry
This article lists common poisons and toxins that can harm your poultry, including chickens and waterfowl. A very handy reference for all poultry raisers...

Egg Binding
Egg Binding is a serious disorder that most commonly affects a young hen when laying her first egg, but can affect any hen at any time. This article shows how to treat egg binding and offers additional tips and tricks.

Supportive Therapy
Supportive Therapy - What is it and how does it improve your bird's health? This article answers those questions, in addition to providing additional information on the subject.

Stress - How Stress Affects Your Birds
This article explains how birds can be stressed and what can be done to minimize the stress. If birds are kept as stress-free as possible, your birds health will be overall much better.

Biosecurity And Poultry Operations
This article describes what biosecurity is, why poultry fanciers should practice it, and what steps to take to secure your birds and poultry facilities against disease.

Coccidiosis - Preventing And Treating "Cocci"
Coccidiosis (or "cocci") is a disease that many poultry raisers are familiar with. It can have a devastating effect on your flock so it is best to practice prevention then to try to treat coccidiosis.

How To Give Probiotics To Your Birds
This article explains what probiotics are and how they should be used in your flock. It also includes the names of a few suppliers and the author's personal recommendations for using probiotics.

Mareks Disease - What It Is, How To Treat It
Mareks Disease - This article describes what Mareks is and what you can do to treat, prevent or control it in your flock.

Incubating Eggs / Increasing Your Hatch Rate
This article discusses methods of incubating eggs, as well as giving tips and tricks to increase your hatch rate.

Upper Respiratory Fungal Infections
This article explains that the "typical" losses that most breeders experience are actually caused by an Upper Respiratory Infection that can easily be treated with oxine.

Heritage Turkeys - Why The Trend Change?
Heritage turkeys have gotten more and more popular over the past few years. This article explains why heritage turkeys are becoming more popoular