Posts Tagged ‘chickens’
Chicken Medications
Can you medicate chickens? At Melbourne Chicken Vet we sell chicken medications and poultry products. For egg layers Chicken Vet sell over the counter chicken wormers that have no withholding period, which means the eggs are safe to eat while your chicken is bring treated by a poultry wormer . For egg layers Chicken Vet…
Read MoreChickens: Chronic Respiratory Disease (CRD)
What is Chronic Respiratory Disease in Chickens? CRD is one of the most common causes of disease in backyard hens seen at the chicken vet. Classic Chronic respiratory disease (CRD) occurs when chickens and turkeys that are infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum are stressed. The bacteria then causes Respiratory disease. Mycoplasma gallisepticum is contagious and can…
Read MoreAvian Reproductive Disease
How To Prevent Reproductive Disease One of the most common reasons for backyard hens to come to Melbourne Chicken Vet is for reproductive tract disease. Laying breeds have been bred to lay eggs so prolifically that complications are common. Chickens are very good at hiding illness, so by the time they look sick the disease…
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