Found a cartridge casing in my duck's run area

[Raenh]

@casportpony that's scary

 

[Gray Farms]

Metaldetector is the only way, magnet won't pick up brass.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sure is scary any ideas on what to get for around the homestead?

 

[featherhead007]

Wow, that stuff would kill my chickens. I bought this property many years ago. It used to be a commercial property, lots of junk. It took us a year to clean up our three acre parcel, but the chickens still scratch stuff up, I have been lucky so far.

 

[Pennys Mama]

I actually swept the area with a large shop-mag from Harbor-Freight and found a ton of scrap metal, from nails, screws and staples to unidentifiable objects, but neither shell casings, nor most bullets are magnetic.
So it will be a metal detector (see above), but which one - i have no clue!

I did a necropsy for someone's peafowl and found these their gizzards:View attachment 1988680 View attachment 1988681
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OH MY GOODNESS!!!

@casportpony that's scary

RIGHT?!?!?!

Metaldetector is the only way, magnet won't pick up brass.

Looks like the magnet is only a bit effective. I'm gonna start picking up my brass!

 

[Al Capon]

I did a necropsy for someone's peafowl and found these their gizzards

I've been wondering about this very thing, ever find them in chickens?

I shot .22RF for almost 30 years around the house before I got chickens. Probably tens of thousands of empties scattered about the back yard. Was wondering if my chickens would eat brass empties.

 

[DiYMama540]

I'm certain with the amount of junk that ends up in my yard, my birds have probably eaten their share of some really dangerous things. Geese especially, they are drawn to anything that could cause certain death.

@casportpony were those the cause of death you think?

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony were those the cause of death you think?

Surprisingly, no, the cause of death was actually histomoniasis (blackhead).

 

[DiYMama540]

Surprisingly, no, the cause of death was actually histomoniasis (blackhead).

Wow...lucky bird!!

 

[aart]

There's an adage....
.....'you might be a hillbilly if there's cartridge casings in your yard'.

So your screen name has come true