Everything you need to care for and keep happy, healthy chickens With directives on diagnosing and treating sick or ailing chickens, as well as general information on how to keep chickens in peak condition, Chicken Health For Dummies is your go-to guide on how to best care for and keep chickens. Inside, you'll get everything you need to know about chicken health and wellness: an encyclopedia full of common and not-so-common diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures that chicken owners may encounter. Chicken Health For Dummies provides chicken owners with one handy, all-encompassing resource. Helps you identify potential hazards and signs of ill health in your chicken Shows you how to properly examine chickens to identify and isolate potential health issues before they spread to the rest of the flock An encyclopedia full of common and uncommon diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures for chickens Chicken Health For Dummies joins Raising Chickens For Dummies and Building Chickens Coops For Dummies to round out the For Dummies reference library as a must-have resource for both rural and urban chicken owners.

Everything you need to care for and keep happy, healthy chickens With directives on diagnosing and treating sick or ailing chickens, as well as general information on how to keep chickens in peak condition, Chicken Health For Dummies is your go-to guide on how to best care for and keep chickens. Inside, you'll get everything you need to know about chicken health and wellness: an encyclopedia full of common and not-so-common diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures that chicken owners may encounter. Chicken Health For Dummies provides chicken owners with one handy, all-encompassing resource. Helps you identify potential hazards and signs of ill health in your chicken Shows you how to properly examine chickens to identify and isolate potential health issues before they spread to the rest of the flock An encyclopedia full of common and uncommon diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures for chickens Chicken Health For Dummies joins Raising Chickens For Dummies and Building Chickens Coops For Dummies to round out the For Dummies reference library as a must-have resource for both rural and urban chicken owners.

Healthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You’ll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome. Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures will help your beloved flock stay happy, healthy, and safe.

If you are yearning for respite from the cumbersome task of probing the undying cause of deteriorating chicken health and seek to learn preventative and integrative healthcare practices that save your gallinaceous pet from embarking upon a punitive expedition... You might want to pique your curious appetite by delving into this book. Do you ever feel as if your indomitable spirit and love for your backyard chickens are being pushed to the brink of collapse by communicable diseases that drive a wedge between your chickens and unblemished health? Consider your exploratory spelunking adventure into the depths of uncertainty to be over! This book weaves the essential healthcare practices into the fabric of raising chicken flocks needed to mitigate the spread of diseases. The process of caring for these inherently inseparable gallinaceous members of the family can be turned into a snag-free greased slide by peering into this book, which encompasses all elements of veterinary care. Amid the sanctimonious abyss created by multitudes of books with the premise of the argument articulated solely through palliative care, this book enlightens a higher path toward raising a healthy brood through unique management practices that avert the possibility of the brood catching disease. These practices have been corroborated by studies that have glaringly proved that healthy chickens produce healthier eggs and meat. Surrendering to the hearty clasp of this awe-inspiring book is inevitable because this book: Provides the diagnostic tools required to identify health problems in chickens and the ways through which they can be overcome. Lays out plans for structuring sanitary and hygienic chicken coops that provide a safe environment for the flock. Addresses ways of stifling the burgeoning threat of antimicrobial resistance that results from the overuse of antibiotics. Highlights quintessential brood health maintenance techniques that ameliorate egg-laying problems and maximize yield. Conveys cost-effective alternative care regimens combined with knowledge of hazardous backyard materials that are detrimental to chickens if ingested.

Backyard Chicken Health Handbook This book is for anyone who wants to keep their chickens healthy and happy. It covers everything you need to know about chicken health care, from common diseases to natural remedies. You will learn how to: Spot and prevent common chicken diseases Use natural remedies to treat chicken diseases Create a stress-free environment for your chickens Master the art of chicken nutrition for eggcellent results. The book also includes information on how to vaccinate your chickens and how to practice biosecurity to prevent the spread of disease. With this book, you will have everything you need to keep your chickens healthy and happy for many years to come. Here are some of the diseases covered in the book: Avian influenza (bird flu) Infectious bronchitis Newcastle disease Marek's disease Coccidiosis Fowl pox Egg Drop Syndrome (EDS) Infectious coryza Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) etcetera. With a Chart of natural remedies for optimal health care as bonus. Order your copy today and start taking optimal care of your chickens' health!

Care for your flock with this “practical, common-sense, easy-to-read” guide to chicken keeping, filled with color photos (Michael Darre, PhD, Professor of Poultry Science, University of Connecticut). The Chicken Chick’s Guide to Backyard Chickens takes you through all aspects of small flock care, including feeding, housing, chicken health, and so much more! Known as The Chicken Chick, Kathy Shea Mormino brings her expertise on raising backyard chickens to millions of fans around the world through her wildly popular blog and social media. Now her down-to-earth approach to chicken-keeping is available in book form. Sharing her years of hard-earned experience and collaborations with poultry veterinarians, nutritionists, and professors, she provides simple steps to care for these uncommon pets with confidence. She guides newbie, veteran, and would-be backyard chickeneers through all aspects of small flock care—from getting started to housing, feeding, egg production, health, and beyond.

Maintaining hens in the backyard is a joyful and relatively straightforward activity. However, chickens may sometimes become unwell much like a pet. While the thought of ill hens might be frightening, the most common health issues in hens can typically be readily addressed at home. In this article, we discuss and discuss the five most frequent health concerns amongst hens. Once you realize these health concerns, you are much better placed to maintain your hens healthy and avoid them with your flock. This guide will show you the various disease affecting chickens, you will also be show how to effectively treat these disease to increase productivity and maximize profit