Chicken health for dummies

✍ Scribed by Ludlow, Rob; Gauthier, Julie

• Publisher: John Wiley [distributor], Wiley
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 339
• Series: -For dummies
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Everything you need to care for and keep happy, healthy chickens

With 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 Dummies'' is your go-to guide on how to best care for and keep chickens.

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, symptoms, and cures that chicken owners may encounter. ''Chicken Health For Dummies'' provides chicken owners with one handy, all-encompassing resource. Helps you identify potential hazards and signs of ill health in your chicken Shows you how to properly examine chickens to identify and isolate potential health issues before they spread to the rest of the flock An encyclopedia full of common and uncommon diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures for chickens

''Chicken Health For Dummies'' joins ''Raising Chickens For Dummies'' and ''Building Chickens Coops For Dummies'' to round out the For Dummies reference library as a must-have resource for both rural and urban chicken owners

✦ Table of Contents

Content: The healthy chicken --
A picture of backyard flock health --
The anatomy and body functions of the happy, healthy chicken --
That's what chickens do : healthy chicken behavior --
More than an ounce of prevention : biosecurity for the backyard flock --
Keeping the flock clean and comfortable --
Feeding the flock well --
Recognizing signs of chicken illness --
Inspecting the flock and examining the sick chicken --
Troubleshooting common illnesses in adult chickens --
Sizing up sick chicks --
Sleuthing subtle signs of illness and mysterious sudden death --
A close-up examination of chicken woes and diseases --
My chicken has what? : diseases caused by bactria and viruses --
Exterminating chicken parasites and other creepy-crawlies --
Identifying miscellaneous and mystery chicken diseases --
Your chicken repair manual (and advice for when to close the book) --
Making a diagnosis : getting advice or going it alone --
Medicating and vaccinating chickens --
Performing chicken maintenance and first-aid procedures --
Euthanizing a chicken and disposing of the remains --
The chicken/human interface --
Can you get that from a chicken? --
Food safety and quality of homegrown eggs and meat --
The part of tens --
Answers to ten common questions about chicken health --
Ten common misconceptions about chicken health and treatments --
Appendix : chicken health formulary.