toxin

I'm a brand-new first-time momma of 4 cream legbar chickie babies that arrived one day old from My Pet Chicken last Tuesday. They are running around, cheeping, eating, sleeping, and we already handled one case of pasty butt successfully that has not reoccurred. They have honestly surprised me...

I went to let my ducks out of their new coop this morning (made out of an old shed, with lino covering the bottom and up the walls a bit, sealed using a (EDIT: Acrylic sealant)) to see that the water in their waterer was a horrible opaque pinkish colour. I was dumbfounded... Until I noticed a...

We lost one of five 4 week old ducklings yesterday. Didn't have a chance to try to save her as we woke up to the final stages. We think to botulism or some other neurological toxin due to her spasms and neck craning and paralysis. Very sad. The rest seemed perfectly fine. They stayed in a safe...