4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (336+ words) The CDC is investigating a drug-resistant salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry, impacting mostly children Cases span across Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin to as far as Maine and Florida, with 13 hospitalizations reported The outbreak includes patients as young as under…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (398+ words) The 34 cases of Salmonella have been reported in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. The CDC has interviewed 29 of the sickened individuals, and 79 percent of them report having contact with…...

1+ year, 3+ day ago   (1291+ words) Our three Ameraucana hens needed a new, larger coop. I wanted a greenhouse with a sink, so my neighbor, Shawn Thompson, an excellent carpenter and all-around handyman, designed and built my chicken chateau and greenhouse duplex. We needed a chicken…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (421+ words) Bird flu has flared up early and quickly in the country this year. Since early September, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany's national animal health authority, has recorded 30 outbreaks at poultry farms as well as cases among wild birds in various…...