Reviews by Perris

This is a personal story told with charm and clarity.

This is clearly written by someone with extensive experience with roosters, someone who knows what they are talking about, and not someone just parroting what they have read or heard elsewhere. The first sections chime with my own experience of roos. I have not had to deal with a human-aggressive one, so I cannot comment on the advice on that aspect of the article, but given the quality in the rest of it, I would try to follow this advice were I to find myself in this situation; it is much more in keeping with my own approach than most of the advice to be found on the topic.

This is a great article, on a subject of some importance given the number of posts one sees about crop problems. Clear and concise, with useful photos to illustrate the product being recommended, it also has links to other articles on the topic, and to a post by another person who has found that this natural remedy worked for their chicken too.

Sound and clear advice for novice owners from an experienced person selling chicks to newbies.

The interplay of structure, function and feeding regime in a chicken's digestive tract is not well understood, and this article aims to start filling that gap. It is well supported with references and links to authoritative sources of further information and experimental results.

Given the emphasis on the possible impact of adding water to feed, it would have been useful to include in the discussion the normal hydration of feed while in the crop. ("Results indicate that the contents of the crop are gradually moistened; reaching 50% moisture within approximately 60 min" cited article https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056617119303939 with reference 4 there, where it is stated that "feed material in the crop was rather rapidly moistened to>40% moisture"). Birds that eat dry feed drink a lot more water than do birds that eat wet feed, and so the figures for grams of feed consumed should be accompanied by figures for grams of water consumed and those results compared with giving wet feed. Also, the term 'dilution' - common in the literature and liberally scattered across the pages of BYC, so easily repeated without a second thought - begs the question. 'Supplementation' is a more neutral term.

Closer proof reading or copy editing would have caught the remaining typos etc.

All in all, a thought-provoking article on an important topic.

Please define 'treat'.
Please provide some references to recent published academic research (not youtube, not personal opinions online) that supports the advice being given here.
Thanks.

This is a comprehensive and thorough analysis of all the things that can, usually do, and in this case did go wrong with wooden coops of the common slat/ plank/ overlapping board variety. Mites and other parasites are spoilt for choice with places to hide (including under the roofing felt). If one wants to use wood, and keep it mobile, putting the framing on the outside and using smooth ply panels as interior walls is a huge improvement for the chickens' comfort.

Perhaps you could have another go at this? currently the (important) message is in a comment, instead of in the article itself, which is just one line long.
Also generalize the title? This vet's statements concern a variety of worms, not just gape worm. I agree with you that this should be read by a lot of people, but it probably won't in its current form.

This is an interesting read, especially on those occasions when you decided to do something that made the question irrelevant; I think it shows how useful is research and thinking things through before embarking on action.

This is a comprehensive overview of things to consider before buying your first chickens. It is illustrated and enlivened with some examples from the author's own experiences. Some attention to potential predators would be a valuable addition, if it is revised.

This is an important topic and you've made a good start on writing about it. But as others have said, there's more to say, so perhaps you'll revisit and update it?

Love it! So funny and informative!

This is a clear, concise and charmingly illustrated account of the importance of good ventilation, and how to achieve it in a variety of styles of coop in a variety of climates.

This is a concise, informative and inspiring account of successful treatment of a case of wry neck in a chick. Congratulations to you and to her on her recovery!

This is a well written and beautifully illustrated description of a small flock; its origins, members, and their different personalities. They may look alike, but when you get to know them individually, they aren't really alike at all. And then the arrival of a pair of bantams, a young broody, and 4 chicks, was a short but sweet finale to the article.

It is interesting to read that some hens rescued near the start of their intended life in an egg factory are not 'egg-laying machines', even at the beginning of their supposedly highly productive lives. (For future reference, you might like to note that wrinkled eggs are a sign that the hen is or recently has been seriously ill.) As told, it would appear that only one of the six production breed birds actually delivers what we're led to expect from such chickens; is that really the case?

Do you really feed your flock daily all those herbs? I have them all growing in my garden, and my flock, which is free to go where it likes and eat what it likes, never eats any of them. They may all have those medicinal properties, and dried and processed they pop up in all sorts of chicken feed, but that's not the same as a fresh salad supposedly made of them.
You should also spell check your work before publishing.

This is a detailed, informative article on important topic. It would be nice to have a photo or two of the sort of white poops the author is writing about, and the symptoms that birds suffering from CRD and MG may display, to make it easier for the reader to decide whether or not their bird has this.

This is an excellent article on the sort of biosecurity that backyard chicken keepers should follow routinely, but usually only follow when they restock after they've had to deal with a devastating infection. If they'd followed the advice beforehand, they probably wouldn't be needing to restock. That is the whole point of biosecurity. With HPAI now endemic in many countries, it is even more important to employ such precautions.

This is a useful resource for anyone who wants to let their flock free range but is worried about the damage they may do to the garden. It lists a lot of plants that chickens ignore, many of which I can confirm from my own experience. As others have noted, it would improve it to identify the ones that are toxic, not just unpalatable, to chickens, but the author hasn't been seen since 2016 so that's unlikely to happen.

This is an old article by someone who hasn't been on for almost a decade. There are much better articles on Mareks now.