To be honest, I'm not 100% sure it is botulism, but based on my data it's a possibility
Data point 1; moldy food
Data point 2: disease progression started with wobbliness
Data point 3: progression advanced to partial leg paralysis
Data point 4; wing droop just barely started before I caught...
Tonight's update;
I come home, open the door to the bathroom and Pip's running around like a crazy bird, good balance, and she's fast too, she sees me, and immediately starts her "Pick Me Up!!" Chirping, I oblige her, as soon as her feet hit my t-shirt, she climbs up to my shoulder and starts...
Moldy food confirmed...
The feeder had a decent chunk of Grower feed with dry blue-gray mold on it, hidden away in the corner, I have disposed of the contaminated food in the stack of old tires that construct the majority of my backyard rimfire range, there is *no* way the hens can discover...
Pip is a 6-7 week old Wyandotte pullet, yesterday morning she looked a bit unsteady and wobbly, when I got home from work that evening, she had lost a good deal of mobility, due to her right foot being partially paralyzed, on a scale of 1-10, she'd be around a 3.5, she could walk, but only in...