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We are trying to find out information on the black ABS piping (4") from Home Depot. We'd like to make a feeder out of it but can't find consistent information on whether it contains BPAs or anything that might leach into the food and therefor would be harmful to our flock. Some sites say it does...

Here's Twiggy, our gorgeous Bantam Mille Fleur Belgian d'uccle (with a breed name bigger than she is). Surely a calendar girl!

This is just breaking my heart! My husband and I would love to take her but what do you think the chances are of integrating a new, grown duck with 5 spoiled, territorial old lady hens ? Our girls are in the 3 - 4 year old range and have mostly grown up together...and even THEY get into...

I just received this notice regarding a Pekin duck rescued by Valley Wildlife Care. I have 5 chickens and I know my girls would not take kindly to a web-footed interloper. Please help this sweet little duck in Southern California (I can send pictures upon request): I am a female Pekin duck. I...

Our barred rock, Ricki, is about 2 1/2 years old. She's normally bouncing around, bullying the other girls and just generally a happy chicken. Before her recent molt, she seemed sick on a number of days. She was very lethargic, even falling asleep while standing in the middle of the driveway...

Just wondering if anyone knows specifically if Carolina Cherry Laurels are poisonous to chickens...I've heard that birds eat their seeds and berries but that sounds strange since they contain hydrocyanic acid. If birds can eat them without a problem, can free-ranging chickens? And if chickens...

Grapes, grapes and more grapes! Big, small, green or purple...doesn't matter. When grapes are in the vicinity of my girls, they leap and squawk. It becomes a chicken-to-chicken smack-down..and then they attack me!

Our GL Wyandotte, Quark, recently started limping badly. We think she may rolled off of a loose perch or fallen somehow but we're not sure. There are no cuts that we can see on her leg or claw and it doesn't seem to be particularly swollen. She just lifts it up like a flamingo and hops...

I hope your situation is temporary but ours seems (so far) to be permanent. Our 3 older girls are more than happy to free-range with the 2 younger ones with only minor squabbling during the day...but when it comes time to go to bed, the nastiness begins. We have to separate them with chicken...

This sounds like a ridiculous question but will chickens know to run and hide when they sense a hawk is around? Our girls are beautiful but sometimes kind of dumb. When they are attacking each other (which they still do after months of integration attempts) they just put their heads down and...

And a red-tailed hawk will try/has the ability to kill a full grown hen?

I am wondering if anyone can tell me how dangerous a hawk is to full grown chickens. I know they will kill baby chicks without a second thought but will they attack large, bowling ball-sized hens? We had a hawk swoop by our yard when our 5 girls were free-ranging and it drove them into a...

Brat is such a strong word...but SPOILED, that's pretty accurate. Our BR, Ricki, demands attention, trumpeting, walking into the kitchen to see what's good to eat, following me everywhere, jumping on my back or head and biting my fingers. But she's the only one of our girls who will let me...

To "Vermontgal" who asked what a "waddle-butt Barred Rock" is...have you ever seen a BR run from behind? They waddle in the funniest way! Ours looks like she has a powder puff rear shaking from side to side! It's hilarious!