prevention

Hi all, I’ll be going out of town and have somebody watching our farm. I noticed today on the poop shelf so clear liquid in two different spots. All droppings looked normal. All chickens are acting normal and eating/drinking well. I have 4 days before I leave- should I treat the whole flock...

I have had 3 hens in the last few weeks show signs of varying degrees of prolapse. I've been trying to researching into causes to see if it is anything I am doing and what I can do to fix it. I have been treating them with witch hazel, and 2 seem to be ok, but just had the third show it today...

I've heard it referenced before that people have kept quail in the bottoms of aviaries that house various species of parrots. My question is, how do you keep the birds safe bacteria wise? Do you need to introduce them as chicks? Do they share lethal disease like I've heard chickens and quail...

Hello! Our flock is growing quickly & I'd like to start doing more for pest prevention. I'm currently dusting with DE... but that's it. I haven't previously had any problems with any kind of parasites (we've had pesky bugs in the coop) that are actually ON my birds... but how can I prevent...

I keep turkeys, chickens, and ducks. This is the first year I've started turkeys. I have turkeys and ducks in a separate coop from the chickens. My turkeys are about 8 weeks old and constantly fighting each other. I have one separated right now because of a deep pecking wound I'm treating. I...

We have a dozen laying hens and I don't know their vaccination history. What vaccines should I give them to offer them the most protection from illness and to also protect any new hens that we bring in (after quarantining, of course)? We are in Arkansas. I know for backyard chickens, most don't...

So recently my chicken has started free ranging, she is only one and her age is 1 too, she is overall healthy, the place I free range in has an established flock with an Aseel rooster and two unknown breeds, Aseel is being the most aggresive and attacks my chicken randomly (my chicken doesn't...

I've read mites are a common concern for chickens. I'm a little worried about my geese getting mites. Have you guys had mites on your geese and if you did, how did you prevent it. Are mites common on geese as well? Perhaps @Goosebaby could help or anyone else who knows about parasites. Thanks in...

This is my chick, Princess Consuela (kudos if you know what show her name is from lol). It is nearly impossible to see in the pictures, but in person it appears that she is showing early signs of cross beak/scissor beak. she is growing her feathers about a day slower than her sisters, and the...

Hello everyone, I am currently successfuly treating bumble foot in four of my hens and two of my ducks. Everything is going good, but I’ve gotta say, this treatments is annoying! I s as m wondering if anyone has any tips on preventing this? My run is free of sticks, twigs or anything they could...

hello everyone. tomorrow evening we will be euthanzing Ellie because she cannot walk, is very sick and obviously has Marek’s. None of my hens (5 others) have been vaccinated and i really don’t want them to catch the disease. if anything, what can i do to prevent them from getting it? we are...

Hi all, we have just lost one of our ex battery hens after 6 months of freedom. We are unsure of the reasons so any help would be appreciated as we don't want to loose any more! Our hens are roughly 2 years old now and have slowed down laying. One of them went quiet a few days ago, would spend...

Hello all, I recently wormed my chickens with safeguard equine paste, just did an approximate “pea” sized dose. They had visible roundworms in their droppings, which is why I wormed in the first place. However I’m reading in a few places that I should have repeated the dose two weeks after I...

So I purchased 16 3/4 week old Muscovy ducklings on June 15, 2019 by June 27, 2019 I lost 7. on June 19th I sent them one deceased duckling off for a Necropsy. I don't have all of the official results back yet, the lab and the vet have just been awesome. We lost our first duckling on June 16...

Hey guys! I recently and just finish a corid prevention cycle on my 5 chickens after a recent death in the family. It’s really hot and some times wet over here! I live in SC and it can reach 90 degrees and I was wondering if the heat and the wet/muggy conditions could cause them to develop...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/salmonella-alert-backyard-chickens-have-caused-21-state-outbreak-cdc-says/ar-AABvt48?ocid=spartandhp Copied and pasted from link listed above. Dated: 5/18/2019 Salmonella alert: Backyard chickens have caused 21-state outbreak, CDC says Fifty-two...

I just purchased 6 chicks from the local Rural King, none seem to be sickly, all are eating drinking, etc. One, however, has a little bit of runny poop and it's back end seems to be bothering it, it preens very frequently back there, as if it's itchy.... Horror stories have me assuming the worst...

We have had a relatively mild winter (WV) with temps in the 20s and 30s at night or higher. The temps have dropped into single digits the past two nights, wind chill below zero. Two of the chickens ended up with frost bite. I have had a heat lamp in the house, i use it ehen it drops below 30. I...