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  1. A Backyard Chicken Enthusiast's Formulary (Avian Drugs and Dosages)

    Jan 19, 2025 · A brief guide to medications for backyard poultry, focusing on antibiotics, pain medication, sedatives, antifungals, coccidiostats, dewormers and a few other useful or necessary drugs.

  2. Treating with Ivermectin - BackYard Chickens

    Jul 10, 2012 · Keeping in mind that ivermectin is a product mainly used to treat cattle and is off label for chickens, I hope you know that ivermectin's primary purpose is a wormer, it's secondary benefit is …

  3. Raising Chickens 101 - Chicks, Breeds, Coops, Tips

    Does your pet make you breakfast? Tips & Tricks for raising chickens, building chicken coops, & choosing chicken breeds + ask questions in our community forum

  4. Coccidiosis & How To Treat It - BackYard Chickens

    Nov 10, 2012 · Coccidiosis & How To Treat It Picture by animallover1654 What is Coccidiosis? Coccidia are a microscopic parasitic organism that infect poultry when ingested by the chicken. The parasites …

  5. Eliminating Lice (or Mites) on Chickens Using Permethrin

    Dec 23, 2024 · A brief guide on eliminating parasites using permethrin. Includes step by step instructions and a list of supplies needed.

  6. Cold Weather Poultry Housing and Care - BackYard Chickens

    Mar 14, 2016 · Part 3: poultry and breed selection I will only cover poultry types that I have personally overwintered. Chickens: In General: TINY COMBS AND WATTLES! It makes a huge difference. …

  7. TREATING SCALY LEG MITES (SLM) - BackYard Chickens

    Feb 21, 2022 · My Crevecoeur hens' feet infected severely with SLM. - What are Scaly Leg Mites? Scaly leg mites are a type of external parasite that can cause discomfort and pain to your chickens or other …

  8. Forum list | BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens

    Nov 24, 2025 · Tips for raising chickens, building chicken coops & choosing breeds. Get help from thousands of community experts

  9. The Ultimate Medicine Dosing Chart - BackYard Chickens

    Oct 15, 2012 · For Chickens, Games, Peas, Ducks, Geese Vaccines CRD Chronic Respiratory Disease Run LS 50 for 1st 14 days of life; 1 shot (.5cc subcutaneous) @ 7 days, wait at least 4 weeks 2nd …

  10. Keeping Guinea Fowl with Other Poultry - BackYard Chickens

    Jul 16, 2025 · The Pros of Keeping Guinea Fowl with Other Poultry Here’s why many poultry keepers (myself included) love mixing guineas into the flock: 1. Natural Alarm System Guineas are incredibly …