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Golly finished up her 10-day run of Baytril two days ago, and she was walking fine. This morning, she is limping again and holding up her foot when she's standing still. The foot feels warm, and is now dark on the bottom, but still squishy, no hardness at all. I am going to call the vet clinic...

My runner ducks eat out of an old frying pan, which I had just filled this morning before I went off to feed sheep and goats. When I returned minutes later, one of the runners had laid her egg in the pan. Clearly, she doesn't understand the finer points of preparation, but she knows I eat duck...

I was prepared for a productive day of trying to tame the jungle that is my acreage. The universe took issue with my plans. My goose is limping and I will have to go to town to get Baytril. This will make EVERYONE unhappy because poultry has to be penned up, and the dogs will be kenneled. I...

I also posted this on the goose forum. Sorry, but I need to know the dosage for a limping goose with a swollen ankle and possible bumblefoot. There's some swelling on the bottom of her foot, but no scab --at least not yet. Avian vet is out til Tuesday, small animal vet will provide liquid...

One of my American Buff geese has swelling of her ankle and a lump, likely bumblefoot, on the bottom of her foot. The avian vet is not available, but my small animal vet will provide Baytril. He wants to know how much she should get because he doesn't treat birds.

Billy Boy, my Bantam Cochin rooster, believes he is the poultry king and, as such, has the right to mate with any and all hens. When I was going out to get everyone cooped up for the night, I saw Billy mount one of my Easter Eggers. Audrey normally outruns his advances. But he clearly had her...

Yesterday, I braved 30-degree temperatures and fairly strong winds to rake up all the leftover winter stuff and stray hay that had escaped from the hay shed. Some of it was really soggy and heavy, so I piled it all on a tarp with the intention of dragging it to the back of the property today...

After losing one drake and two runner hens over the winter, my two remaining drakes -- with five hens -- have suddenly decided after four years to attack each other. Layne has grown up with Sheldon, who is a year older. Maybe Skylar -- the drake who passed away -- was the peacekeeper...

Ophelia, one of my full-sized Cochins, was in her nest box this morning, clearly laying an egg. I gave her time to complete her mission and went out to collect the egg -- which was being laid in one of the more popular nest boxes. It's not unusual to find girl after girl wanting to lay her eggs...

One of my runner ducks, Fran, got a teeny, tiny cut on her left foot a few weeks ago. When she began limping, I thought she had just pulled a leg muscle because eight of them sleep together and get a bit rowdy sometimes. I didn't see any injury but took her to the vet two days later with a...

i have no idea what's going on, but I'm scared more ducks will die. In both cases, the ducks were fine at breakfast, out with the rest of the flock and dead by dinner. Tonight, I was putting the ducks into their shelter for the night and only found eight. My beloved Quinn, my first runner hen...

Recently, I was poop scooping in the coop where my youngest chickens are housed and was sure I spotted blood in one of the poops. Everyone looked good and acted fine, but I immediately began Corid treatment. Yesterday, I was astounded when I found more "blood." Upon closer inspection, I...

I was a little late getting out to release and feed the runner ducks today. As always, they dashed out of the shelter at top speed, racing toward the large feed dish some 20 feet away. I followed them with feed, and on the way -- without missing a beat -- two of the girls literally dropped eggs...

Mostly, this will be a vent. I decided my rescue terrier, Dinah, would benefit from a canine companion to give myself and the eyeless cat a break from her need to play. I applied for a lovely, albeit overweight alleged cattle dog, who happened to be blind. Not a big deal in my world. I waited...

This morning, I heard an unusual sound coming out of the new coop where the 8-week-olds are living. I flung open the door and spotted Gold-Laced Cochin Bantam Pauly, standing up on the lower roost. He had pulled himself up to his full height, and those odd little utterances were him, crowing for...

My Buff Orp started limping a couple of days ago. She had not laid an egg in months, and apparently laid one. I thought that might have caused the limp; something similar happened with one of my ducks. Yesterday, a second hen in the same coop started limping. They have been in the same coop...

My 6-year-old Buff Orpington appeared to have quit laying a long time ago, which is totally fine with me. I came home today to find her in a nest box and an egg in there with her. I don't know if it's hers or one of her coopmate's. I don't think I've ever seen her in a nest box since she and the...

One of my 3 1/2 year old Sapphire Gems had white, runny poop on her butt feathers last Friday. As I used to have an RIR who CONSTANTLY had a messy butt, I cleaned the poop, made sure Vanna was eating and drinking, and put her in a coop by herself so no one bothered her since she seemed a bit...

I was working in the pen that houses my miniature goats and knelt down to discover a nest in one of the little shelters. There were four lovely green eggs. I now know why production seems to be down for Easter Egger Audrey and why she's been dashing into the goat pen (actually, she and sister...

Now that the snow has melted and the mud has dried up, I am able to clearly see the feet of my runner duck queen, Quinn. The front edges of both feet seem kind of ragged; there's no bleeding or swelling, just very uneven edges. Winter here was really tough, and it looks like she's starting to...