When you do, buy the vinegar from farm shops and not those sold in the supermarkets. Treatment Hold the chicken upside down to induce vomiting. Massage the crop gently to release the food that is stacked. This should be done with rest times to prevent the chicken from choking and the liquid from entering the respiratory system. No matter, they will be brought inside their pens to familiarize them to the chicken house. Once there, do not let them out for a while. The chicken has to know very well where the home is otherwise, they will be roosting on branches, roofs, awnings, anywhere they feel safe. Getting started with chicken is also knowing that they enjoy people leftovers and would fight over it. Vets and pharma research terminologies explain technical terms and causes better, but for most of us these will only be gobbledygook and so here is how laypeople will see it and prevent it. The symptoms An abscess forms in the sole of the feet of the chicken and often these are overlooked as bumble foot in chicken looks very much like calluses. For instance, a floor that is slightly sloped downwards towards the door can make it easier for water to flow outside when you hose down the coop. If built correctly, the chicken coop can be very effective in protecting your chickens from outside elements. A coop should be safe from cold drafts, but also well ventilated. Vitamins and minerals could also be introduced into the water to boost the chicken's immunity from diseases. There are two basic types, the corn, and the pellets. Corn feed is mixed with other seeds and the seed mixed to the corn does not differ much from one manufacturer to the other. The other type is pellets. Keeping Chickens Healthy As the old adage goes, "health is wealth", and it brings home the point when one considers the importance of keeping our bipedal companions free from diseases or any debilitating illness. After all, we constantly require eggs and chicken meat from them, so it goes to show that the general health of the poultry can be important to sustain our own.