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Hen Deaths

We have seen a relatively high number of our free range hens dropping dead over the past couple of weeks. There is no sign of disease and they are from unrelated breeds and different roosts. The only common factor is it seems to happen after windy weather. Are they getting chilled perhaps?

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by hareley farmer on Sun, Jan 22 2012
Scanning cows with impaired reproductive performance.

From Devlin, Co Westmeath, travelled up to scan a Limousin herd in Oldcastle, County Meath. This herd is faced with major fertility problems and cannot pin point where the problem lies. Investigations involving diseases and mineral status have not revealed anything significant to explain the severity...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Fri, Mar 11 2011
Game Birds - Developments this week

Have you seen the FSA news release this week?.... "Gamekeepers across the UK are reminded of their responsibilities for ensuring animal feed is safe for food-producing animals and for carrying out recordkeeping correctly. Food Standards Agency guidance is available, explaining the requirements of...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Fri, Feb 4 2011
Re: poorly chicken

Hi again! Only a minority of birds with Marek's will show the eye form. Certainly sounds like Marek's from what you say and poor reflexes. It is generally assumed that in a case like this there is nothing you can do - the disease will progress. However I did once have recovery success with a...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sun, Dec 12 2010
Re: Free Range Egg production - is Brachyspira a problem?

Good luck with your survey, Luke, Free Range Egg production is definitely on the up and up! However, UK Vet David Burch has this month posed the question "Brachyspira – is it Spiralling out of Control?" in a new [Nov. 2010] online review at: www.octagon-services.co.uk/poultry.htm What is the...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Nov 23 2010
Re: Causes of Egg-Drop

An increasingly common cause of egg-drop in free-range flocks is Brachyspira infection [ Avian Intestinal Spirochaetosis (AIS)] In a survey in the UK of 222 commercial layer, pullet and breeder farms 74% of the flocks were positive and 25% were associated with the pathogenic strains. When this was broken...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Wed, Aug 18 2010
Mycoplasma Infections in Turkeys

Turkey-farming forum members may be interested in a new online illustrated review of"Treating and Controlling Mycoplasma Infections in Turkeys"... See www.octagon-services.co.uk/poultry.htm Extract.. The major mycoplasma infections in turkeys are Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG), M. synoviae ...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Jan 12 2010
Re: Causes of Egg-Drop

David Burch has now published an illustrated follow-up article on the symptoms,treatment and control of mycoplasma infections in poultry... www.octagon-services.co.uk/articles/poultry/antibiotics.htm Production losses associated with M. gallisepticum Breeder/layer Production effect Egg drop (acute) 10...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sat, Dec 19 2009
Swine Flu has spread to Turkeys

There has also been another outbreak of swine flu in pigs across the water, plus 1 in turkeys, plus human deaths now exceed 5,000.... www.pighealth.com/influenza.htm

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sat, Oct 24 2009
Causes of Egg-Drop

A useful, newly-published article by UK vet David Burch entitled "Egg Drops - Not So Much a Syndrome, More a Production Failure" details the range of Viruses, Bacteria, Mycoplasmas, Parasites and Management factors that can be involved in "Egg-Drop" problems. He comments: "The...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Fri, Sep 25 2009

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