botulism

My 1 yo hen Sol, was being her snuggly mischievous self yesterday. This morning I was dusting the coop in diatomaceous earth and found her in the nesting box. She was standing so I thought she was laying or did lay an egg. She pooped a super smelly, runny, gooey, poop. She is super lethargic and...

*I am so sorry for the novel in advance, if you decide to read the whole thing, thank you for your time and patience* My rooster i had noticed about 3 weeks ago his wing on one side looked as if it was dislocated or somehow lower than the other? I had just assumed that it was maybe one of the...

Hi all! New to duck ownership and only 3w in I’ve already come across something that isn’t in my books or rather could be several things. Our silver appleyards (heavy sort, not miniature) we’re brought in at about 8w old, and have been doing fine on Heygates duck/goose pellets (17% protein)...

So, yesterday we noticed a chicken who was sitting by herself inside, she had a very pale comb and waddle. She moved a little when we started inspecting her but would just lay right back down. She had no balance her wings were slumped down but she was holding her head up like normal. We figured...

Howdy! We had our first run in with Botulism this summer. Heavy rains, stagnant water sitting in the yard and many insects, I believe are to blame. By the time we figured it out, we lost a one month old duckling. Then a raccoon attacked the flock, and the big Alpha Drake (named Drake) tried to...

My sweet nugget didn’t go to the roost tonight and seems uncoordinated. I did have some food get wet and she’s always my little weakling. I have colloidal silver from yrs ago. Does it go bad? Or should I give epson salt? She’s moving around ok for the most part so hopefully I caught it early

Annabelle Video Hi everyone. I am a new duck owner and desperately need some guidance! On July 2nd, we were gifted a male and female duck. They are somewhere between 4 and 6 months old. The previous owner did not have a body of water for them- just a baby pool- and that is all I know about...

I have an older female who seems very weak is throwing her head around and wobbling. Her eyes seem cloudy I have a flock of eight and she’s the only one like this. I’m not sure what to do I have her separated the best I can. Any advice I have no clue what’s going on. I haven’t really been...

Disposed of a bag of moldy food in my compost pile, my spring babies got into it and ate the feed. The bag was left in wet and cold being peed on by dogs all winter, friend brought it over after they lost their ducks, but I told them it was useless after sitting like that for that amount of...

Ten dead now. They're always either paralyzed or have parts paralyzed. I'm getting a culture done on one of them. The Muscovy in this photo thankfully looks better after some TLC charcoal chick starter and probiotics his neck is not locked anymore and he can move. There are now three in that are...

My Coturnix Quail hen was accidentally fed putrid mealworms! Some canned mealworms (mealworms canned in juice from petstore for birds and reptiles) had been left out for a few days at least and a nephew got a hold of them and fed them to the quail! These worms were pretty bad. I fear the...

She recently got very sick and stopped eating and as she recovered from that she seems to have energy back but now is paralyzed it seems maybe a niacin deficiency could also be the culprit but id like a second opinion

So, I posted a few days ago about a five month old BR that seemed to be getting sick. I thought she was getting better.. thought maybe she was just adjusting to the cold temps or maybe was just about to start laying and was in a bit of pain. That’s definitely not the case. I went out to give the...

I am here hoping some experienced goose parents can give some more insight or advice. I’m pretty sure I have a handle on the situation but all the knowledge I can get is critical. My goose Lester was showing signs of severe dehydration (live in south Florida, it’s hot). He could not hold his...

I feel compelled to share our story because I've learned so much reading from these forums as nearly every single one of our seven girls has had some issue (broody, cracked beak, scorpion sting, heat issues). We live in the Phoenix area, so a very difficult area to keep chickens in the summer...

I have a Rhode Island Red hen who is about 4 years. I moved about a year ago and unfortunately i lost 2 female ducks to predators we didn’t know were around. That left my one male duck with my flock of hens. He has shown a lot of interest in my Rhode Island Red hen, Lucy, and started trying to...

This is Gertrude. About a week old. She was our biggest, healthiest, happiest chick. A couple days ago she started her distress chirp. I went to her and she was not ok. She died within an hour. She was panting, gasping and obviously in distress. She was limp, in and out of consciousness, hard...

I was outside today sitting with my ducks just relaxing and enjoying watching them when I saw my 2 year old Black Swedish Smokey struggling in her kiddie pool. At first I thought she was having a seizure and I was afraid she would drown so I picked her up and put her on the ground. She was limp...

It was my Grandpa who started me down the road with a love for chickens. When I was five years old, he gave me my own little Bantam flock. However, along came grown-up life and for many years the thought of owning chickens did not cross my mind. Then early Spring last year I happened to be in...

I've recently started a small BSF larvae bin and have been feeding them to my chickens for some time now. Yesterday one of my polish was in the coop laying down with her head down and her neck seemed limp. My two polish are never too happy to be held so I knew something was wrong when she let me...