Posts by Glenda L Heywood

Lethargic chicken/two vit's/wet mash/E.coli For this problem I recommend my wet mash probiotic with yoguart be given. I prefer to use the wet mash probiotic that includes chicken feed, yoguart and milk with applesauce  because...

the green skin indicated bruising by other chickens peckinghere are some good things to do to stop peckingI would catch all birds pecked and paint the spots where feathers are missing and broken with tar roffing tarit is thin in...

if the gizzard was full of the screws the crop can't empty till the gizzard can take more foodyes the screws could have bad effect on the chickens health

possibly pecked to deathif that is the case here is some things to dothe bad birds who peck to stop the peckingalso may I suggest these things to do for the hens1. feed whole horse oats and granite grit in a self feeder, as well as...

this was on a old post herehttp://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=258369&p=1

I would say you may be right thereas the lameness in broilers is lack of using unhigh protein in youngster and so doing will slow down the chickens fast growthlack of good bone solidity is blamedso I would see the chickens get a fresh...

go to googleput in lameness in chickensheresearch results[PDF] Preventing Lameness in Broiler Chickens326k - Adobe PDF - View as htmlLameness in broiler chickens is one of the issues being tackled in the EU-funded ... underestimate the...

bumble foot can be with any fowlit is caused by the fowl jumping off a roost or where ever it resides at night on to a sharp objectsuch as rocks and hard clods of dirtit is a bruise of the foot padI would keep the effected bumble footed...

I wouod pen the bird up alone and keep putting iodine on the toe to stop the bleedingby her being out in winter type weather she is agrevating the toe

what I always did was thiscover the area around and the feathers that are broken with black roffing tarit is thin and will eventually come offbut allows the bad birds who peck to stop the peckingalso may I suggest these things to do for...