4. Poo - The Chicken Keeper's Guide - The Poultry Pages - Allotment and Vegetable Gardening. Below are pictures of Chicken Droppings kindly donated by our members (the pictures not the poo).
Normal Picture taken by Catsmuvva These last three pictures have shed intestinal lining in them - quite normal, not a cause for concern. Coral coloured Urates These are frequently deposited overnight and are quite normal Oily and Foamy The range of "Normal" is huge :shock: Ceacal These are produced from the caecum of the chicken and are mustard to dark brown froth.
Fly Maggots (picture curtesy of Vember) Flies will lay their eggs on moist chicken poo and in warm weather they will very quickly hatch into small maggots. Watery Watery droppings can be produced by hens which are too hot. Abnormal poos Coccidiosis produces blood in faeces. Above is from a chicken suffering with Clostridium perfringens.see: The hen who produced this specimen was an older bird who became very thirsty.She is producing a large amount of watery urates the cause of which is unknown, but could possibly be a kidney problem. Worms. Duck Rescue Network. Ducks you see at the park are hopefully wild.
They have wild instincts to migrate and the ability to forage for their own food. Domesticated ducks were bred by man for specific needs and derived from wild mallards (Anas platyrhynchos-type) and Muscovy ducks (Cairina-type). Some breeds are specifically designed for egg production, others for meat production, and still others are ornamental. They range widely in size, shape, and color.
Some lay white eggs, others brown, and still others rainbow colors. It is so hard to resist ducks begging for attention, and it would seem that providing food for ducks would make them healthy and happy, but it doesn't. THEIR HEALTH When wild ducks are fed human food (especially bread or crackers) their organs become engorged and fatty, which can cause them to suffer from heart disease, liver problems and other health complications.
Waterfowl at artificial feeding sites are often found to suffer from poor nutrition. IF YOU STILL INSIST ON FEEDING DUCKS... Poultry Podiatry - PoultryPedia. Treatments for Leg Problems in Chickens & other Poultry Below are measures that can be helpful in treating Splayed Leg and other problems relating to poultry podiatry, orthopedics and foot and leg conditions & injuries.
Many of the methods are useful for a duckling, duck, gosling, goose, peachick, peacock, or turkey, in addition to chickens. Disclaimer: The information on this website is gathered from many sources and presented by a lay individual. It may not be accurate or complete. It should not necessarily be considered expert advice, & research through additional sources is also recommended. Use baby oil to gently and easily remove sticky tape. If you are not careful how you remove tape, you can cause a chicken pain and damage. Good Flooring Do not put any young chicks or chickens with leg problems on any kind of slick, painful or hard surface! Toenail Trimming. Do You Know How to Boil an Egg? A few years ago, a friend called me, to ask what I thought might be the stupidest question I’d ever heard.
“Do you know how to boil an egg?” I laughed at her, thinking how I had admired her so much for being such a great, put together first-time mom and halfway decent cook… but really? You don’t know how to boil an egg? As I started to explain to her the concept of getting a pot, filling it with water, putting the eggs in the pot, my smugness started to wear off. Wait a minute. OMG, did I know how to boil an egg? I realized that while I had the basic mechanics of how to do it, the subtle nuances that create a gorgeous creamy hard boiled egg were eluding me.
Science Lesson – That gray ring around the yolk is actually the iron in the egg yolk reacting with the hydrogen sulfide from the white… and only happens when you over cook it. So with a gazillion eggs from our backyard chickens in hand, I set out to boil the perfect egg. And I was pretty surprised at what I learned. Now the directions - Chickens and other poultry.