I have an acquaintance looking for a swan. She had two and lost one to a coyote. Now her property is better equipped to deal with predators, and her one swan is so lonely. Location: Illinois or Missouri
We just brought home two 3-wk-old silkie chicks from a backyard breeder on Friday. One walks around shaking its head and opening its moiuth a lot. Now I noticed blood on the shavings and observed it passing a bloody dropping. So, if I need to treat it, I know I will have to treat the other...
We had two ducks, a male Rouen and a female Khaki Campbell. The female just got out and went into our big pond. She dove under but couldn't find her way back up under the ice. My little girl saw her dive under and feared the worst. She ran out immediately and tried to lure the duck back to...
We are so discouraged....it had been several weeks since the last chick (two had had to be culled a month apart) showed signs of Marek's (leg paralysis) and we had put it down. I was hopeful. Today we lost another, at about 20 weeks of age. I have kept the chicks isolated from the established...
Last month we lost a chick to Mareck's disease. Saturday, another, at about 14 weeks of age, had stiffness in its foot. We feared a repeat of what we had gone through with the other chick, so brought her in the house to separate her. She is not improving, but becoming more paralyzed in that...