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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to BDutch's post in the thread I need advice or suggestions for purchasing chickens... with
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Good to start small. Experience keeping chickens healthy and to enjoy them. There are many ways to start and to expand a flock. Even if... -
Just wanted to share a picture of an Araucana chick we purchased last Monday from a breeder who we got the fertile Silverudd Blue eggs...
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to Percheron chick's post in the thread I need advice or suggestions for purchasing chickens... with Like.
Shipping pol pullets is frightfully expensive. Buy them locally. Where are you? Many people who had to buy winter shipping minimums...
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to FrostRanger's post in the thread I need advice or suggestions for purchasing chickens... with Like.
Meyer hatchery ships started pullets. My only caution is if you get birds from multiple places is different birds have different germs...
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to danep's post in the thread Should I let my chickens free range when it is raining? with Like.
50 degrees and rainy sounds like perfect weather for finding worms.Thats what mine are doing right now, I still can't get them to wipe...
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Ocho 8 Farm replied to the thread Day 24 silky egg.The float test for hatching is where you will look for movement. It’s not really looking for the egg to float or sink. The water just...
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to Life of Eric's post in the thread *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits with Like.
Finally finished editing the 5 gig of video taken yesterday, plus a disclaimer in the beginning thanking this forum for its help that I...
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to BantyChooks's post in the thread *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits with Like.
Yep - no matter where it came from, it's concerning and good on OP for catching the issue.
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to aart's post in the thread *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits with Like.
Needs to be tested again with rain not coming off of any roof, just straight from the sky. ...and maybe same rainfall caught in a glass...
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to wrathsfarm's post in the thread *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits with Like.
I'm no genius here and certainly not an expert, but if your testing the well water out of a rubber bowl. Wouldn't you want to test your...
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to Lacy Duckwing's post in the thread *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits with Like.
I rarely use these bowls as they're just not my favorite thing to use. If I do use the one I have, it'd be likely to use for water, not...
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to Al Gerhart's post in the thread *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits with
Informative.
Lead is used in a lot of PVC products as a stabilizer including garden hoses and those spiffy 4" PVC tube chicken feeders or the ports... -
Ocho 8 Farm reacted to Grannys Backyard Chicks's post in the thread *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits with Like.
Better safe than sorry... thanks for sharing
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Ocho 8 Farm reacted to Life of Eric's post in the thread *DEBUNKED* Toxic Levels of Lead in Black Rubber Feed Bowl Water, 30 mg/L, 2000 Times EPA Limits with Like.
This video is my own and I posted it to warn people, not get clicks. I misspoke, the EPA Action Level, not Alert Level, is 15 parts per...