Transferring to Blogspot (http://doktilaok.blogspot.com)

Dear fellow gamebird enthusiasts, this will be the last post I will be making for this website. I will be moving to http://doktilaok.blogspot.com please inform our friends of the move. The current information contained here will be available in my new site. Moving forward, all new information will only be available in the new site. [...]

Fowl Pox

Fowl Pox is a viral disease that is commonly spread by biting insects especially mosquitoes. It can also be transmitted to another chicken when the chicken inhales the fowl pox virus. There are 2 forms of the disease. The first form is called the dry type, this is what is present in the photo. The [...]

Antibiotics

Antibiotics are compounds that can inhibit the growth or kill bacteria. Often times, in gamebird practice, this is commonly misused. Breeders are taught to use antibiotics for preventing disease. My personal opinion on this is that to prevent disease we must vaccinate our chickens and have a good management and health program. Antibiotics are needed [...]