However, if you’ve been keeping chickens for a while, you know it’s not always easy to keep your flock healthy. Parasites, diseases, and crop issues in chickens can affect your flock’s health even with the best of management. Luckily, crop issues in chickens aren’t contagious and are...
Lastly, if none of the above methods have yielded the stubborn egg, its time to consider letting nature take its course or a trip to the vet for a more invasive removal of the egg. There are people who successfully “go in” and remove the egg themselves, but it is a risky business ...
Yeast dermatitis is a common issue in dogs that can be frustrating to treat. But don’t worry … there are home remedies for yeast infection in dogs that can help solve this common cause of itchy skin. What to feed when a dog has a yeast infection is an important part of this, so l...
In addition to vomiting and chronic diarrhea, dogs often have poor appetites and lose weight.On the other hand, because the intestines are unable to digest and absorb nutrients, some dogs have an insatiable appetite.Intestinal parasitesDogs can pick up intestinal parasites in several ways:...
Dogs eating rabbit poop is a common and repulsive problem for many pet owners. Learn what causes this behavior and how to prevent it with these easy and helpful tips.
Specifically, under pretty conservative assumptions you do much more good donating just $5/year to the Against Malaria Foundation than by avoiding dairy. How valuable is not eating dairy? The cows don't have good lives. Not as bad as farmed chickens or pigs, but still bad enough that ...
Diarrhea is a natural reaction to dehydration, infection or toxins that need to be expelled from thedigestive system. Examples include certain types of bacteria,parasites, food allergies or other microbes. One of the risks associated with diarrhea is that it can make you even more dehydrated and...
Mitesare nasty external parasites that feed off a chicken’s feathers, skin, and blood. These tiny poultry pests can wreak havoc on your flock’s overall wellbeing. Northern fowl mites and red mites can live both on and off chickens, meaning they can live in the cracks and crevices of ...
My older daughter is unenthusiastically in charge of chickens. When I asked her whether or not she had been adding what I have dubbed “Chix Mix” to their water, the problem was clear. She was not. Ah, teenagers!sigh Chix Mix is a preparation I learned to make inKorean Natural Farming...
The most telltale symptom of this pig disease is diarrhea. Often, this is bloody – just as it is in chickens. It occurs at around 10 to 21 days of age but can appear as late as 15 weeks of age. Usually, you can treat this disease with fluids and coccidiostats. However, since it...