Howdy fellow flock owners, just a small venting of frustration because, well, misery loves company! With all of the joys of small scale hobby farming and owning birds and other animals, sometimes I get overwhelmed by the array of problems that tend to arise all at once. Does this happen to you? Going along happy and healthy and then suddenly six different animals are in need of some treatment or other. In my case, I have a duck that got a mild bumblefoot a couple of weeks ago (we seem to be mending from that), an old goat that gets some mysterious illness every few months is sick yet again and has required several vet visits (he's still fighting it, it's frustrating to not know what it is), a chicken that I noticed was acting off and ended up passing away (waiting on lab results as I have no idea what it was), a chicken having trouble with an egg (seemingly okay now), a rooster in molt getting his bum pecked repeatedly and making his pin feathers bleed (going to have to separate him which he'll hate), and another limping duck (no sign of bumblefoot or injury)...all within a short amount of time, and each new thing right when the last seems to be resolving! It's enough to put your head in the sand so you can pretend for a moment everyone is okay. Alas...one day - and ailment - at a time. Thank you for the rant!
