Chicken, duck and turkey and game bird owners should increase their on-farm biosecurity practices and minimize opportunities for domestic and wild bird interactions to...
The term biosecurity refers to the measures taken to prevent the introduction and/or spread of disease in a poultry flock. It is important for every...
Every chicken keeper knows the value of treats! Keepers can use them to bond with chickens or to train them to come back to the coop,...
Residents who own or are interested in owning backyard poultry are encouraged to attend the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, Backyard Poultry...
What came first, the chicken or the egg? We may never know, but for two upcoming webinar series, the basics of backyard chickens will...
Stress is chickens’ natural physiological response to protect themselves, but too much stress can reduce your flock’s health. For prey animals like chickens, stress...
Dr. Tom Tabler and Dr. Jessica Wells give some helpful tips for conquering those pesky gnat issues.
The internet is rife with photographs of eggs from chickens and other poultry that have black shells. Are they a trick of the imagination?...
My neighbour, an absolute treasure of a human being who kept us supplied with ice during our week-long derecho power outage so that we...
A new year means new rules and regulations. How animals are treated for organic food makes a big difference. Organic producers and ranchers now...