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One day, we saw our Silkie hen swallow a toad. She didn't come out of her broodybox for 3 days. Years earlier, we had a cat who loved those toads, they'd excrete a foamy substance which was probably hallucinogenic, the cat would be foaming at the mouth and laying on his side...
Could it be botulism from eating something that's been dead in the pasture for awhile?
Also, its nightshades' fruiting season. Any chance she could have eaten some of those black/bluish belladonna berries? Or henbane (the seeds are blackish and can be picked up as little beetles)?
Only asking...