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    Hens ate rat bait (bromadiolone). Will the eggs be safe?

    Thank you! I bought some Vitamin K1 and will continue to do research. It seems that the hens and the eggs may be OK. I may not have to slaughter them after all.
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    Hens ate rat bait (bromadiolone). Will the eggs be safe?

    Thank you Denwendairy. The active ingredient is diphacinone actually. My biggest concern is whether the eggs will be safe? Called a bird vet but she didn't give a clear answer.
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    Hens ate rat bait (bromadiolone). Will the eggs be safe?

    EDIT: The poison is diphacinone, NOT bromadiolone as I first thought. Hi all, I have 7 Rhode Island Reds. They are about 17 weeks and will start laying in about a month. Recently we put rat bait (Tom Cat Chunx, active ingredient diphacinone) out to control the rats. This morning I saw...
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    My new nipple water system.

    Nice setup. How did you join the PVC pipe to the drum?
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    Did I just waste money on SAND?

    Hi folks, I have 7 pullets, 9 and 6 weeks old. I noticed they enjoy the dust bath, so I thought maybe they would like sand bath better? So I built them a sandbox from an old cabinet, and dumped 150 lbs of play sand that I bought from Home Depot. Yep, you guessed it -- the girls aren't...
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    when do you open nesting boxes

    Thank God I just read this thread. Just finished building the coops and will bring the birds home tomorrow. Soooo glad I saw this!
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