When, Why and How to Bathe Your Chicken Sometimes a chicken needs to be bathed. Reasons for needing bathing include external parasite infestation, messy eating (especially cross/scissor beak birds that eat mash), after an injury, cleaning up vent gleet, messy bums or for show. Overall chickens tolerate bathing fairly well Read more…
Trichomonas Gallinae (Canker), Sour Crop and Cloacitis (Vent Gleet) Treatment – Part Three Cloacitis aka vent gleet is an inflammation of the cloaca. There are numerous causes of Cloacitis including bacterial infections, fungal infections (candida albicans), pH imbalance, internal parasites, renal impairment or stress. The cloaca is part of your Read more…
Trichomonas Gallinae (Canker), Sour Crop and Cloacitis (Vent Gleet) Treatment – Part Two Sour crop is a health issue that most bird keepers will encounter at some point while caring for birds. Sour crop can be caused by something as simple as eating long grass, hay or straw. Eating spoiled Read more…
Trichomonas Gallinae (Canker), Sour Crop and Cloacitis (Vent Gleet) Treatment – Part One Trichomonas Gallinae, Sour Crop and Cloacitis are health issues that almost all bird keepers will encounter over time. All require treatment with medications to resolve the issue or the bird may die. We offer several medication options Read more…
Eye and Ear Medication and Your First Aid Kit Eye injuries one usually wants to treat as soon as possible so having something on hand is ideal. Birds can also get ear infections that can be of bacterial or fungal origin, you will have smelly discharge, usually a pale yellow Read more…