Fecal Float Testing: On The Hunt For Chicken Parasites 2
Back in the fall of 2019 I thought it might be useful to learn how to do fecal float testingContinue Reading
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Natural Remedy For Chickens: Garlic
The Allium family includes garlic, onions, shallots, chives and leeks. Each garlic bulb contains 10 or more segments called cloves. ThroughoutContinue Reading
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Disinfecting For Chicken Pathogens
In the summer of 2020 I got together with Dr Vicki Bowes, avian vet/pathologist to look at a number ofContinue Reading
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Fecal Float Testing: On The Hunt For Chicken Parasites
I’ve always been fascinated by what various things look like when magnified under a microscope. I got my first microscopeContinue Reading
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Superfood For Chickens: Mealworms
As a kid I kept all kinds of pets: cats, a dog, small rodents, turtles, snakes and salamanders. At oneContinue Reading
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Myth Buster: Is Oatmeal Harmful To Chickens?
When I was younger and wanted to find the answer to a question I trotted off to the library andContinue Reading
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Understanding Manufactured Chicken Feed
It wasn’t that long ago (and is still true in many parts of the world) that chicken keepers allowed theirContinue Reading
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The Trials & Tribulations of Raising Chicks
The highlight of my year is having chicks: the anticipation of the hatch, getting to know them and seeing howContinue Reading
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Curled Toes In Chicks
Curled toes, in which one or more toes appear to curl sideways, is a treatable condition in chicks. It mayContinue Reading
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Coccidiosis
I always knock on wood and consider myself lucky when I’ve escaped some of the pitfalls of chicken keeping. ButContinue Reading
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