A chicken’s comb is a fleshy protuberance on top of its head that serves several important functions. It helps regulate the bird’s body temperature, allows for better circulation of oxygen …
If you’ve been finding more chickens in the flock dead with darkened or purplish heads, or if you’ve seen smaller birds waddling around with what look like large, fluid-filled abdomens, …
It is essential to keep chickens well-hydrated in order to improve their productivity and health. Animals can lose a large amount of water in many different situations, so it is …
Water quality is probably the most of feeding and management of animals that farmers pay the least attention to. In fact, over 90 percent of poultry farmers serve their birds …
Diarrhea is the passage of loose or watery poop several times a day. It is also known as bowel movements. Diarrhea is a symptom of many diseases and can be …
Veterinary iodine is one of the products frequently used in poultry farming due to the numerous benefits it offers for the health, performance and good development of birds. If you …
Poultry birds like chickens are susceptible to intestinal worms, especially if they are raised under a free-range or deep-litter system. Worms are a fairly common problem in birds and can …
The drugs to treat or cure Newcastle disease (ND) are not yet available. Hence, the only solution available to poultry keepers is to prevent its occurrence through the vaccination of …
Most poultry farmers get worried on sighting green poop in the chicken pen or coop. Well, you shouldn’t get worried in some cases. Diarrhea in chickens and other poultry birds …
There was a period of about a year back in the mid-2000s when we were hearing an awful lot about the bird flu disease. In many ways, it was quite …
