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I was alerted about this from another YouTube video where he mentioned a family with back yard chickens who were tested with high amounts of lead in their blood. The culprit was lead leaching from those black rubber feed bowls, then being passed thru the eggs into the family. I tested one of my...

One of my hens keeps getting into the area where heating fuel/oil spilled all over the ground a month ago. The ground was covered in leaves & I thought was frozen, but she managed to dig/peck her way through to reach the soft soil where there’s still oil residue/fuel that got absorbed into the...

I am building my coop, and we were trying to figure out a way to waterproof the roof. The guy at Home Depot said we could use roofing plastic cement. I have covered the plywood, but I’m afraid that it could be toxic to the birds. From what I read it doesn’t fully harden, it stays a little...

Does anyone know if the smoke bush / tree (Cotinus coggygria) is safe or toxic for chickens? Looking to put one in their area for shade during hot months but can't find any information on the forums or a browser search. Thanks!

I've been feeding dry raw lentils to my flock of 150+ New Hampshire Red chickens for around 2 years. about 1/4 - 1/3 of their feed is lentils. And I have not seen any ill effects on the birds health or egg production. Fertility and health of their offspring is also apparently unaffected. I've...

I'm a brand-new first-time momma of 4 cream legbar chickie babies that arrived one day old from My Pet Chicken last Tuesday. They are running around, cheeping, eating, sleeping, and we already handled one case of pasty butt successfully that has not reoccurred. They have honestly surprised me...

I am converting an old landscaped area of my yard to a large chicken run. I am looking for information on if some of the plants that are there are toxic to chickens. I have found the answer for a few of them, but I am struggling with Creeping Jenny. I think is because several plants have this...

Ok so I plan to put quite a few quails on an all enclosed garden of mine. It's basically an aviary, but without birds. I've heard that parsley, eggplant, and onion is poisonous for quails, but I've also heard that they won't eat the plants if they aren't starving. The plants are in separate...

My name is Bridget, and I’ve posted on BYC many times and have ALWAYS been grateful for any and all advice I’ve received. If it’s advice you think a pet owner may not want to hear, that’s not me. Since she passed so suddenly before we even had the chance to bring her to the Emergency Vet @ LSU...

I am looking for a screen for my chicken coop that is non-toxic to the flock and not a high risk to dogs either. I came across Dropmore Scarlet Honeysuckle because of its bloom, easy containment, and shade tolerance. It is cited as having low toxicity in mammals, however it says the long lasting...

So I posted on here a few days ago that some type of predator was getting into our coop and killing the chickens. It tried attacking one of our ducks and now his eye looks infected. I bought terramycin and applied it around his infected eye earlier because everyone said it was fine to use but...

I just found out that galvanized steel items have a coating containing high levels of lead ( https://tamararubin.com/2018/04/chicken-wire-mesh-hardware-cloth-2201-ppm-lead-cadmium/ ) The lead contaminates surrounding soil in the garden and chicken coop, and chickens are more likely to peck at it...

There is an article on this site (Chicken Treat Chart - The Best Treats for Backyard Chickens) that is very comprehensive but in reading the list, it states that Lentils are a "No No". However, on a package of Garden Delight Poultry Treat from MannaPro, the second ingredient in this treat is...

Hi! I bought six pullets from TSC (our feed/equipment, greedy corporate, but convenient and seductive, store) about eight weeks ago. Two Wyandottes, two Marans, one Americauna and one Polish. They have lived alone, together, since. They were mostly in a brooder area inside, as our winter...

Hello, I have been dealing with a hen with an enlarged crop. She is on a diet of yogurt and crumbles and has been inside for about 2 weeks now. This morning i decided to add some oil into her feed to help things move along and all i had available at the time was avocado oil. i put approximately...

Hey guys i am new to this website and am fairly new to chick owning. I accidentally gave my 2 week old baby chicks Arizona tea with green tea in ginsing, vitamin c, sugar. Is it TOXIC???They only had access to it for about 10min before i realized what i did, so i dont think theu got much but i...

Hey guys i am new to this website and am fairly new to chick owning. I accidentally gave my 2 week old baby chicks Arizona tea with green tea in ginsing, vitamin c, sugar. Is it TOXIC???They only had access to it for about 10min before i realized what i did, so i dont think theu got much but i...

Yes hammerhead worms! Just an FYI especially for folks in the southeast of the U.S that hammerhead worms are BAD this year! For those that don't know hammerhead worms are an invasive species that feed on earthworms, they produce the same neurotoxin as puffer fish so obviously they aren't on the...

Hello! Does anyone know if weeping cherry trees are safe for domestic waterfowl consumption? I want to get my mom a couple weeping cherries for mother’s day but not if it would harm the birds. Thanks!

I know you should never NEVER run the self clean cycle on an oven when you have birds of any sort, or hatching eggs, in the house. My question needs a little background first. I’m going to try to hatch eggs next month or the month after, duck more specifically, not that it should matter I...