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RESOURCE THREAD...........
THIS THREAD WILL BE COMPILED WITH ANY INFORMATION WE AS A COLLECTIVE FIND USEFUL FOR LIVESTOCK,POULTRY,EQUINE...ETC.... AS WE GATHER INFO WE WILL POST IT. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO AD... PLEAS DON'T HESITATE TO PM IT TO ME FOR REPOST HERE.
Poultry Health
http://www.welphatchery.com/poultry_health.asp
Poultry Diseases and Disorders
http://poultrykeeper.com/poultry-diseases-and-disorders.html
Poultry Podiatry
https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces
Treatment of Worms - BYC Link
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=420520
Treatment of Worms - (Pics Included)
http://healthybirds.umd.edu/Disease/Deworming Birds.pdf
Common Lice and Mites of Poultry: Identification and Treatment
http://ucanr.org/freepubs/docs/8162.pdf
Fowl Pox
https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-diseases-AvianPox.html
Egg Bound
If your chicken is egg bound if she is not very active and just sits around all day. Her back will be all hunched up and her feathers ruffled. She will not be eating a lot or drinking either. The egg inside her will be causing her lots of pain and she will constantly wince in pain. The main symptom to look out for though is that her back end will constantly contract as if trying to push something out. This is a serious disease and if not treated quickly your chicken can die in a short time.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=32648
Prolapsed Vent
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=111976&p=2
http://aprildphillips.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-call-me-chicken-doctor.html
http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2010/03/10/chicken-emergency/
Wry Neck/Crooked Neck
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=97121
http://www.chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0
Incubation Period For Diseases
http://www.amerpoultryassn.com/respiratory_disease.htm
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Bumblefoot in poultry and waterfowl
Bumblefoot is a common infection for poultry and waterfowl such as chickens and ducks. Due to constant walking on hard, rough, or sharp surfaces, birds can develop small wounds on the bottom of their feet. These wounds are very susceptible to infection by Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria which can cause bumblefoot in poultry and waterfowl. Treatment often requires opening the wound to drain the pus and antibiotic treatment.
Bumblefoot Surgery
https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-disease-chicken-bumblefoot-surgery.php
Vet suggestion for non-invasive bumblefoot cure
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=303829
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Crop Surgery
https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-disease-chicken-crop-surgery.php
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Chicken First Aid Kit
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=33871
http://www.broodyhen.co.uk/ket/fowlnotfoul/1staid.htm
Coccidia treatments
DI-METHOX (sulfadimethoxine)
Agrilabs: 800-542-8916
For coccidiosis, fowl cholera, and choyryza
for chickens 16 weeks and younger
1/10 teaspoon in 1 gallon of water. If you dilute a 1/2 teaspoon (which is 5/10) of the powder with 1 teaspoon (5CC) of water, you will have 1/10 teaspoon in 1cc. Use a syringe-you can get them at a drug store.
treat for 6 days
Why 16 weeks? Because older birds are more sensitive, can become toxic, and have a higher chance of an allergic reaction to it. For older birds, they recommend AGRIMYCIN 343 1/3 teaspoon in 1 gallon of water, treat for 7-14 days.
Can you eat the eggs? No. Discard them during treatment and for 14 days after.
DURAMYCIN: will not treat coccidiosis.
Durvet: (800) 821-5570
They carry/recommend Amprol or sulfadimethoxine. I told them what Agrilabs said about older hens, they felt that was more of an FDA ruling, since at 16w you have to consider them layers and now there are eggs involved.
Medical Treatments Recommended by BYCers
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=517234&p=1
Why is my hen(s) not laying or slacking up on laying?
In fall/winter, especially, this question is sometimes asked several times a day. The article has your answers!
http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui
pnw565.pdf
Generally, your answers are:
Decreasing day length
Molt
Broodiness
Flock health
Age
Poor nutrition
Stress
See article for the full explanation of each cause.
Adding articles to supplement the first one since some don't feel it was entirely correct--the main problem is that you can't generalize about all hens, but you have to consider the general information as your starting point. The basic causes listed are correct.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps029
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/
n-problems
I sure as he77 hope not!!
