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    ABS Pipe feeder ok?

    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...
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    ADORABLE Pekin needs loving home!

    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...
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    Gooey, shell-less eggs (with Calcium)!

    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...
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    Cherry Laurel Toxic to Chooks?

    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...
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    Limping chicken!

    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...
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    Hawks and chickens???

    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...
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    Los Angeles area: Rhode Island Red free to loving family (pic!)

    We own a wonderful Rhode Island Red and are in an awful quandary. Ginger is a gorgeous hen, 1.5 years old. We’ve tried for the past 2 months to integrate our 3 month old babies but she keeps trying to attack the little ones and it's wreaking havoc. We’ve come to a terribly painful decision...
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    RIR & SLW free to loving home - Los Angeles area

    We own beautiful pet chickens and are in an awful quandary. We have 2 gorgeous, sweet hens (both 1.5 years old), a Rhode Island Red (Ginger) and a Silver Laced Wyandotte (MaryAnn). They are the best of friends. We’ve tried for the past 2 months to integrate our 3 month old babies but the big...
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    Integration disaster looming?

    Help! I'm being held captive by the fear of my year and a half RIR, Ginger (aka "the bully"), and her SLW partner in crime, MaryAnn, pecking the stuffing out of our two little ones. The 2 babies (an EE and BR) went out to the coop at 6 weeks (they're 2 1/2 months now), and the 2 big girls will...
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    Chicken "Crop Circles"??

    Our 1 year old Rhode Island Red, Ginger, is normally a hearty one-a-day egg layer. For the third time in a month she's gone up into the upstairs coop just like normal, stays up there for an hour, makes the usual racket like she's laying an egg but then...nothing. That is except for a perfect...
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