Health

Health:

General Health:

• Comb to Toe Chicken Checkup & DIY Antiseptic Ointment (FED)
• Should I Vaccinate My Chickens / Poultry for Marek's Disease? (NCK)
• Chicken Keeping Food For Thought (NCK) 
• Ask Bee - Why You Shouldn't Light Your Coop in the Winter (NCK)
• Burning the Candle at Both Ends - Supplemental Winter Light (FED)
• Cold Weather Winter Prep Tips - Winterizing your Flock (FED) 
• Winter Chickens – Mother Nature Versus the Coop (NCK)
• To Heat or not to Heat (FED)
• A is for Albumen - Decoding Chicken Terms (FED)   
• The Fear Factor - Managing Concerns about Backyard Chicken Illness and Disease (FED)

Health Dangers:

• Lead and Zinc– Hidden Dangers to Your Chickens (NCK)
• Ask Bee - Why You Shouldn't Light Your Coop in the Winter (NCK)
• Beating the Heat (FED)
• Frozen Ice Cube Treats for Chickens - Mint Helps Beat the Heat (FED) 
• Flock Hurricane Preparedness (FED)
• The Cool Chicks - 2 Ways to Keep Your Flock Healthy in the Heat
• Hot Weather, Acidosis and a Homemade Electrolyte Recipe (FED)  
• Toxic Treats! What NOT to Feed your Chickens (FED)
• How to Help a Chicken with Frostbite 

Biosecurity (Preventing the Spread of Disease):

• Biosecurity - One Method of Introducing New Birds to Your Flock (NCK)
• Backyard Biosecurity (FED) 
• Handling a Contagious Illness in your Backyard Chicken Flock (FED)

First Aid & Natural Medicine:

• Better Safe than Sorry - Stocking your Chicken First Aid Kit (FED)
• The All-Natural Chicken First Aid Kit - Twelve Essential Items (FED)
• Herbal Remedies - All Natural Medicine for Your Chickens and for You (NCK)
• Natural Remedies for Respiratory Issues in Chickens (FED) 
• Herbs and their Uses for Your Chickens' Health (NCK)
• New York Times Article - Farms Turn to Oregano (NYT)
• Oregano - A Natural Antibiotic for Chickens and Ducks (FED)
• The Benefits of Garlic, Cayenne and Apple Cider Vinegar for Your Flock (NCK)
• The Holistic Trinity - Apple Cider Vinegar, Garlic and Diatomaceous Earth (FED)  
• 5 Simple Tips When Medicating Chickens (FED) 
• DIY Anti-Pick Antibacterial Blu-Kote Knockoff Spray For Backyard Chickens (FED) 

Health Problems:

Crop:

• Natural Treatments for Sour Crop (NCK)
• Sour and Impacted Crop (FED) 

Disease: 

• What Goes Around – Natural Prevention of Common Poultry Respiratory Diseases
• Ask Bee - Coccidiosis... What Is It and How Do I Prevent It? (NCK) 
• Biosecurity - One Method of Introducing New Birds to Your Flock (NCK)
• Backyard Biosecurity (FED) 
• S is for Salmonella (FED) 
• Signs of a Stroke in Chickens - Yes, Chickens Can and Do Have Strokes 

Feathering:

• Feather Loss in Chickens - Causes and Prevention Methods (FED)

Internal Parasites: 

• Bloody Egg. Do My Chickens Have Worms? (NCK) 
• Ask Bee - Help! My Chickens Have Worms / Parasites! (NCK)
• The Benefits of Garlic, Cayenne and Apple Cider Vinegar for Your Flock (NCK)
• Natural Pest Control - Safe for Chickens, Other Pets & People (FED) 
• Pumpkin Soup, Garlic & Nasturtium - Natural Wormers (FED) 
• Don't Let the Fear of Gapeworm Keep you from Feeding your Chickens Earthworms (FED)

 External Parasites:

• Crying Fowl? It Might be Mites! Everything you Never Wanted to Know About Fowl Mites (NCK)
• Natural Way to Rid Chickens of Lice & Mites (NCK)
• Mites - Natural Prevention and Treatment for your Chickens (FED)
• Natural Pest Control - Safe for Chickens, Other Pets & People (FED)  
• Natural Lice and Mite Prevention: Using Herbs in the Nest Boxes (NCK)
• Ask Bee - Lice, Mites, Bumblefoot, Poor Feathering... Where am I Going Wrong? (NCK)
• The Benefits of Garlic, Cayenne and Apple Cider Vinegar for Your Floc (NCK)

 Legs & Feet:

• Help ~ I Broke My Chicken! What to do for a Broken Leg
• Ask Bee - Lice, Mites, Bumblefoot, Poor Feathering... Where am I Going Wrong? (NCK)
• Spraddle Leg - How to Easily Prevent and Treat Splayed Leg in Baby Chicks (FED)
• Chick Health: Is It Splay / Spraddle Leg, Or Something Else (NCK)
• Ask Bee - Help! My Chicken Has Bumblefoot! (NCK)
• Bumblefoot in Chickens and Ducks - Cause and Treatment (FED) 

Necropsy (Autopsy):

• How to Perform a Necropsy (Autopsy) on a Chicken (NCK)
• Diary of a Sick Chicken and a Necropsy - Graphic! (NCK)
• Where Do Eggs Come From - How Chickens Create Eggs  

Reproductive Health:

• Vent Sexing Chicks, Sex Links & Autosexing Breeds, Oh My! (NCK) 
• Ask Bee - Why Are My Hens are Laying Thin Shell / Soft-Shelled Eggs? (NCK)
• Ask Bee - Empty Nests... My Hens Aren't Laying Well (NCK)
• Why Do Hens Become Egg Bound? (NCK)  
• Egg Bound Hens - How to Recognize, Treat and Prevent (FED)
• Where Do Eggs Come From - How Chickens Create Eggs

Vent:

• Prolapsed Vent (Cloaca) and Laying Problems in Hens (NCK)
• Vent Gleet - Symptoms, Causes and Natural Treatment for Backyard Chickens (FED) 

Other:

• How to Help a Chicken with Frostbite
• Dealing with the Loss of a Flock Member (FED)

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