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  1. cbsfusek

    Do chickens eat and pass plastic?

    I will take a pic! But basically it's very tiny pieces of plastic, some are as small as 1/4 of a nail, and some are more like 1/2 a bottlecap, and much of it is little pieces of plastic bag... a good reminder to all that this stuff truly exists forever and we should all take any chance we have...
  2. cbsfusek

    Do chickens eat and pass plastic?

    Yes :( it's in our blood and even in the tiny microorganisms that live under glaciers...I'm an environmental attorney and my chickens and my garden help me to escape the existential dread after work each day, so I think the realization that it's totally permeated my yard has been extra difficult...
  3. cbsfusek

    Do chickens eat and pass plastic?

    This makes me feel much better! Thanks :)
  4. cbsfusek

    Do chickens eat and pass plastic?

    I'm glad to know yours don't seem to eat it. I can't tell how often mine do...Honestly I may get out the binoculars and see if I can tell, lol. I see them toss pieces aside sometimes, but usually it's a bigger piece they do this with, so I can only assume they eat the tiny ones :(
  5. cbsfusek

    Do chickens eat and pass plastic?

    I was thinking the same thing, that they eat grit...so it should be okay...i just hope the bigger pieces aren't getting stuck, resulting in some accumulation over time that harms them...agh. Most is very tiny but some is a little bigger, like 1/4 of a bottle cap for instance (and I do think some...
  6. cbsfusek

    Do chickens eat and pass plastic?

    Hello friends, I've never raised chickens in the suburbs until this past year, and am finding that our yard is full of microplastic. I just had $1k worth of organic topsoil delivered for landscaping, and hoped this would dilute the plastic quite a bit, and even THIS has plastic in it 😭 I see my...
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