Chicken Health For Dummies
Learn to:Keep your chickens in peak conditionDiagnose and treat ailing chickensGrasp common and uncommon diseases and injuries and their curesYour guide to keeping happy, healthy chickensWith directives on diagnosing and treating sick or ailing chickens, as well as general information on how to keep chickens in peak condition,Chicken Health For Dummiesis your go-to guide on how to best care for and keep a backyard flock. Inside, you'll get everything you need to know about chicken health and wellness: an encyclopedia full of common and not-so-common diseases, injuries, and signs of illness, and their cures.Know your chicken — get a primer on healthy chicken anatomy and functions in order to spot a sick chicken — from understanding fowl behavior and communication to the importance of keeping chickens clean, comfortable, and well-fedSigns of illness — discover how to distinguish normal from abnormal chicken body functions and behavior, narrow down the possibilities to get to a diagnosis, and uncover the most common ailments of chicks and adult chickensMajor chicken illnesses — find the causes, signs, means of spreading, prevention tips, and treatment advice for major chicken illnessesChicken repair — get the 4-1-1 on how to make a diagnosis for a flock problem, whether you'll need the help of a chicken health advisor, and how to perform basic procedures like giving an injection and trimming a wingOpen the book and find:What to expect from a happy, healthy chickenHow to prevent illness in your backyard flockTroubleshooting signs of illness in chicks and adult chickensDiseases caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other pestsAdvice on finding a chicken health advisorTips on performing chicken first-aid proceduresHow to produce quality homegrown eggs and meatCommon misconceptions about chicken health