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Poultry Keepers PodcastAuthor: Rip Stalvey, John Gunterman, and Mandelyn Royal
Welcome to The Poultry Keepers PodcastCluck, Chat, and Rule the Roost! One Egg-cellent Episode at a Time!At The Poultry Keepers Podcast, were building a friendly, informative, and inspiring space for todays small-flock poultry keepers. Whether you're a seasoned pro with decades of experience or just beginning your backyard chicken journey, youve found your community. Here, poultry isnt just a hobbyits a way of life.Each episode is packed with practical, science-based information to help you care for your flock with confidence. From hatching eggs and breeding strategies to flock health, nutrition, housing, and show prepwe cover it all with insight and heart.Hosted by Rip Stalvey, Mandelyn Royal, and John Gunterman, our show brings together over 70 years of combined poultry experience. We believe in the power of shared knowledge and the importance of accuracy, offering trusted content for poultry keepers who want to do right by their birds.So pull up a perch and join us each week as we cluck, chat, and rule the roostone egg-cellent episode at a time.Visit our website at www.thepoultrykeeperspodcast.com Language: en-us Genres: Home & Garden, Leisure Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Poultry Health Master Class-Part 4
Episode 141
Monday, 17 November, 2025
Welcome to Part 4 of the Poultry Health Master Class, featuring poultry nutritionist Jeff Mattocks and poultry educator Carey Blackmon. In this final session of the series, Jeff and Carey walk through advanced poultry health concepts, including how to recognize internal issues through necropsy, how heart attack presents in chickens, and how to manage rare but serious conditions like Egg Drop Syndrome (EDS).You’ll also learn practical, science-based natural remedies for improving flock health, including the correct use of garlic, oregano, sulfur, ashes, cayenne pepper, and herbal tinctures—and why using these tools only as needed keeps them effective.This episode also covers: • Diagnosing a heart attack in chickens using firmness, tone, color, and posture • How Egg Drop Syndrome spreads, what it looks like, and how to support recovery • When a leathery egg isn’t EDS (normal pullet behavior) • How external parasites take hold, and how to get rid of them for good • Using dust baths, sulfur, and internal support to change blood chemistry • Oregano oil as an antimicrobial and antiviral (not an antibiotic!) • Why herbs should be used as treatments—not daily feed additives • Whether scalding affects necropsy results when processing birds • How cayenne pepper helps with blackhead and parasite pressure • The value of the Merck Veterinary Manual for diagnosing poultry problemsThis master class gives backyard poultry keepers the practical, real-world knowledge to manage health issues, support recovery, prevent unnecessary losses, and avoid the misinformation common on social media.Don’t forget to subscribe for the next series on Poultry Coop Design, and revisit Parts 1–3 to complete the full Master Class experience.#PoultryKeepersPodcast #PoultryHealth #BackyardChickens #ChickenHealth #FlockManagement #PoultryNutrition #ChickenCare #NaturalPoultryRemedies #HomesteadChickens #ChickenIllness #EggDropSyndrome #MerckVetManualYou can email us at - poultrykeeperspodcast@gmail.comJoin our Facebook Groups:Poultry Keepers Podcast - https://www.facebook.com/groups/907679597724837Poultry Keepers 360 - - https://www.facebook.com/groups/354973752688125Poultry Breeders Nutrition - https://www.facebook.com/groups/4908798409211973Check out the Poultry Kepers Podcast YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@PoultryKeepersPodcast/featured
