Chicken health issues

As a loving chicken owner, you're always on the lookout for any signs of health issues. If you've noticed your flock exhibiting unusual behavior, such as restlessness, feather loss, or skin scaling, you might be wondering if they have something called Scaly Leg Mites. Let's dive in and explore the world of Scaly Leg Mites, their causes, and what you can do to protect your chickens.

Keeping your flock of backyard chickens healthy is important and by performing a regular chicken health check you can ensure your flock stays in top shape!

What to do with a chicken that is sick? Check out these tips from a chicken vet for caring for sick chickens in your backyard flock.

Whaaaat? Chickens have worms? Do I need to worry about this in my backyard flock? What should I DO about deworming chickens?

I’ve written a series of posts on chicken inputs (what to feed chickens; herbs; prebiotics and probiotics; manufactured feed) and here’s one involving outputs. Understanding how your birds’ digesti…

Learn how to spot respiratory diseases in your backyard chickens. This guide covers symptoms and treatments for common chicken respiratory diseases. #chickenrespiratorydisease #backyardchickens #respiratorydiseaseinchickens #chickenhealth

Biosecurity is more important than ever before. Here are 8 simple steps to keeping your flock safe.

Chickens need to consume the required and recommended amount of nutrients for them to be able to grow healthy and ... Read more

I’ve written several dozen articles on various chicken illnesses. This post is intended to act as a on-stop directory on links to those articles. It might help you understand chicken anatomy and physi