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Dredging up this thread because I have something important to add that not many people have thought about - how lawn mowers, log splitters, any machine that leaks petroleum distillates onto the soil can kill chickens as easily as if you exposed them to insecticides. A couple days ago, I lost a...

Casportpony - I am not a scientist, so I am probably technically wrong. But whatever type Clostridium lurks in compost piles made my pullets very sick. I can't say for certain which one it was that killed the one pullet, but I did trace the problem to a compost pile that was in a dire anaerobic...

Anecdotes are a great learning tool. That's why these Topics of the Week are so effective. We can learn from others sad mistakes without having to go there ourselves. Here's one that took me by surprise and resulted in the death of one young pullet and a week later, nearly caused the death of...

Most of us know not to use insecticides where our chickens are roaming. But anything with benzene in it can kill them just as easily. If you're painting with an oil based paint or using paint thinner or kerosene, make sure none gets spilled onto the dirt where the chickens hang out. Even if you...