With very few exceptions, chickens can (and shamelessly will) eat almost anything. The challenge for commercial farmers is less about avoiding toxic food, but finding nutrients in the right proportion for optimum health. One ongoing debate revolves around the quantity of polysaturated fatty acids to include in your flock’s diet. In the right amounts, […]
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You want your backyard flock to have good lives. Yet no matter how much love and care you provide your birds, maintaining their health is still a challenge. Though not as difficult as poultry disease prevention for commercial production birds, keeping your chickens healthy requires abundant space, proactive pest control, and a well-balanced diet. […]
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From the moment eggs hatch, poultry pick up bacteria from their surroundings, their feed and the people handling them. Much of that bacteria ends up in their GI system, multiplying until they’ve colonized every part of it from the esophagus and the crop to the intestines and cloaca. If commercial farmers are lucky, most […]
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