Julie Gauthier & Rob Ludlow 
Chicken Health For Dummies 

Everything you need to care for and keep happy, healthy
chickens

With directives on diagnosing and treating sick or ailing
chickens, as well as general information on how to keep chickens in
peak condition, Chicken Health For Dummies is your go-to
guide on how to best care for and keep chickens.

Inside, you’ll get everything you need to know about chicken
health and wellness: an encyclopedia full of common and
not-so-common diseases, injuries, symptoms, and cures that chicken
owners may encounter. Chicken Health For Dummies provides
chicken owners with one handy, all-encompassing resource.

* Helps you identify potential hazards and signs of ill health in
your chicken

* Shows you how to properly examine chickens to identify and
isolate potential health issues before they spread to the rest of
the flock

* An encyclopedia full of common and uncommon diseases, injuries,
symptoms, and cures for chickens

Chicken Health For Dummies joins Raising Chickens For
Dummies and Building Chickens Coops For Dummies to round
out the For Dummies reference library as a must-have resource for
both rural and urban chicken owners.

قائمة المحتويات

Introduction 1

Part I: The Healthy Chicken 7

Chapter 1: A Picture of Backyard Flock Health 9

Chapter 2: The Anatomy and Body Functions of the Happy, Healthy
Chicken 19

Chapter 3: That’s What Chickens Do: Healthy Chicken
Behavior 35

Chapter 4: More Than an Ounce of Prevention: Biosecurity for the
Backyard Flock 47

Chapter 5: Keeping the Flock Clean and Comfortable 63

Chapter 6: Feeding the Flock Well 75

Part II: Recognizing Signs of Chicken Illness 87

Chapter 7: Inspecting the Flock and Examining the Sick Chicken
89

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting Common Illnesses in Adult Chickens
101

Chapter 9: Sizing Up Sick Chicks 123

Chapter 10: Sleuthing Subtle Signs of Illness and Mysterious
Sudden Death 133

Part III: A Close-Up Examination of Chicken Woes and Diseases
145

Chapter 11: Accidents of Flock Management 147

Chapter 12: My Chicken Has What? Diseases Caused by Bacteria and
Viruses 165

Chapter 13: Exterminating Chicken Parasites and Other
Creepy-Crawlies 181

Chapter 14: Identifying Miscellaneous and Mystery Chicken
Diseases 197

Part IV: Your Chicken Repair Manual (and Advice for When to
Close the Book) 207

Chapter 15: Making a Diagnosis: Getting Advice or Going It Alone
209

Chapter 16: Medicating and Vaccinating Chickens 225

Chapter 17: Performing Chicken Maintenance and First-Aid
Procedures 243

Chapter 18: Euthanizing a Chicken and Disposing of the Remains
261

Part V: The Chicken/Human Interface 273

Chapter 19: Can You Get That from a Chicken? 275

Chapter 20: Food Safety and Quality of Homegrown Eggs and Meat
283

Part VI: The Part of Tens 293

Chapter 21: Answers to Ten Common Questions about Chicken Health
295

Chapter 22: Ten Common Misconceptions about Chicken Health and
Treatments 301

Appendix: Chicken Health Formulary 305

Index 311

عن المؤلف

Julie Gauthier is board certified in veterinary preventive medicine.

Rob Ludlow is the coauthor of Raising Chickens For Dummies and Building Chicken Coops For Dummies. He runs the leading chicken information resource on the web, www.Back Yard Chickens.com.