Broiler Mortality: What Percentage Is Acceptable?
Calculate broiler mortality and survival, recognise dangerous daily increases, investigate causes and know when veterinary reporting is urgent.
White Diarrhea in Chickens: Causes, Diagnosis and Safe Response
White material in a chicken dropping is not automatically diarrhoea or disease. Birds normally pass faeces, clear urine and white or cream urates together. Concern begins when droppings change persistently, become unusually watery or occur with weakness, pasted vents, poor growth, reduced appetite or deaths. “White diarrhoea” describes an appearance, not a diagnosis. Pullorum disease […]
7 Signs of Unhealthy Chicken Poop: What Droppings Can—and Cannot—Tell You
Chicken droppings can reveal that something has changed in a flock, but their colour alone cannot diagnose a disease. Feed, water intake, heat, stress, age and normal digestive activity can all alter their appearance. The safest approach is to compare new droppings with what is normal for your birds, observe the whole flock and arrange […]
Coccidiosis: The 7-Day Eimeria Lifecycle
Understanding the 7-day Eimeria lifecycle helps poultry farmers recognise when coccidiosis infection develops, when symptoms appear, and when control measures are most effective. It is one of the most common, costly, and stubborn parasitic diseases in the poultry industry worldwide. One day, your flock looks perfectly healthy, and the next, you are dealing with ruffled […]
A Guide to Poultry Disease Prevention: Key Best Practices
A Guide to Poultry Disease Prevention: Key Best Practices It is important to know how to prevent diseases in chickens. This helps keep them healthy, especially for people with older birds in their yards. This guide will give you useful information on controlling and preventing poultry diseases. It will help you avoid problems later. The […]
Gumboro Disease in Chickens: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prevention and Flock Response
Gumboro disease, also called infectious bursal disease (IBD), is a highly contagious viral disease of young chickens. It damages the bursa of Fabricius, an immune organ where B lymphocytes develop, and can leave surviving birds vulnerable to secondary infections and poor vaccine responses. There is no medicine that cures IBDV infection. A reliable response depends […]
Poultry Biosecurity: Complete Farm Plan, Checklist and Disease-Prevention Guide
Learn essential poultry biosecurity measures to protect your flock from disease outbreaks. Complete guide with practical steps for backyard and commercial poultry farmers.
Bitter Leaf for Coccidiosis in Broilers: What the Research Shows
Bitter Leaf for Coccidiosis in Broilers: Learn about its benefits, dosage, and how it compares to conventional treatments for coccidiosis. Bitter leaf is an ideal treatment for farmers seeking herbal alternatives.
Fighting Coccidiosis Through Better Food
Understanding the Battle Against Coccidiosis I remember my first experience with coccidiosis as a teenager while helping on my grandpa’s farm. One morning, we found several chickens hunched over in the coop, not eating, and had bloody droppings. My grandpa said, “That’s coccidiosis, and how we feed these birds will decide their survival.” That lesson […]
Comprehensive Guide to Controlling Coccidiosis in Chickens
Coccidiosis is one of the most common and economically significant diseases affecting poultry worldwide. Eimeria protozoan parasites invade chickens’ intestines, causing tissue damage, poor nutrient absorption, dehydration, blood loss, and possibly death. This comprehensive guide provides practical strategies for preventing, treating, and managing coccidiosis in chicken flocks. Understanding Coccidiosis: What is Coccidiosis? Coccidiosis is a […]