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    hardware cloth contains lead?

    I recently purchased a roll of galvanized "hot dipped" hardware cloth off Amazon that had a competitive price compared to the local big-box stores, intending to cover my raised beds to protect the fruits of my labor from the critters. When I received it I noticed that not only did it have a...
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    voice box removal

    A couple years ago I had two roosters de-crowed. I live on a large property in an unincorporated suburb where my landlord is my neighbor. After my first couple clutches hatched & grew up I was given the edict that I could not have roosters because of the noise. So I sought a work around. The...
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    Whats the most humane way to kill a chicken?

    We are trying, I have him listed on craigslist to a good home http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/grd/4348562952.html , but no takers yet.. a quick search reveals at least twenty other roos on craigslist in our area in need of re-homing, many of them listed as free :/
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    Whats the most humane way to kill a chicken?

    @ Munchies Chicks - Out of everything I've read your method resonates the most with me. I've only ever had to cull one bird, a guinea fowl badly injured from a surprise night time coyote attack. Didn't have an axe & needed to do it right then so as not to prolong suffering, so used the sharpest...
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    voice box removal

    I too am desperate to find some sort of possibility in this category! I have 3 guinea fowl (all males - they are actually quieter than the females!) They are not yet a year old, perhaps 10 mo. I rent a detached cottage on a large property of approx 9 acres - the majority of which is taken up by...
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