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Seven dead hens within 4 hours, not attacked. UPDATE: Teflon Poisoning!

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BantyChooks said:
Great. I have finished taking notes for it and I am starting to write. :thumbsup
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I will give the title in the Index a bit more pizzazz when you get your article done and use the title of your article if you wish.

Keep up the fabulous work Banty!! :)
 
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BantyChooks said:
"And almost all heating pads and electric blankets contain wires coated in PTFE."

Interesting quote from http://www.mickaboo.org/newsletter/oct10/Teflon.html
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Thanks for that link. I know the pots and pans I bought after the fire specifically said ptfe free- I didn't even realize at the time it would be dangerous to birds as well. I just felt like cooking food in it couldn't be good. Our daughter has epilepsy, thankfully mild, but I try to be cautious about what we put in her body as well.
 
BantyChooks said:
"And almost all heating pads and electric blankets contain wires coated in PTFE."

Interesting quote from http://www.mickaboo.org/newsletter/oct10/Teflon.html
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At least those wires are inside the fabric cover. Sure makes one nervous about all the other uses.

"Self-cleaning ovens are often coated with PTFE to allow food ash to slough off during cleaning."
So maybe the smell of a self-cleaning oven being cleaned isn't JUST burning the food residue to a crisp?

I gave up on non-stick pans some time ago. Not related to the possible dangers of the coating (because I didn't know about it) but because when the coating starts to wear off, they change from non-stick to "sticks worse than non non-stick". Then you throw the pan away and buy another. Not environmentally nor wallet friendly. As mentioned by others, cast iron properly seasoned is pretty darned good. And the pan is heavier than the handle so they sit flat on the cooking surface unlike many other pans.
 
bruceha2000 said:
At least those wires are inside the fabric cover. Sure makes one nervous about all the other uses.

"Self-cleaning ovens are often coated with PTFE to allow food ash to slough off during cleaning."
So maybe the smell of a self-cleaning oven being cleaned isn't JUST burning the food residue to a crisp?

I gave up on non-stick pans some time ago. Not related to the possible dangers of the coating (because I didn't know about it) but because when the coating starts to wear off, they change from non-stick to "sticks worse than non non-stick". Then you throw the pan away and buy another. Not environmentally nor wallet friendly. As mentioned by others, cast iron properly seasoned is pretty darned good. And the pan is heavier than the handle so they sit flat on the cooking surface unlike many other pans.
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Cast iron is great. I use it.
 
Just read this entire thread and I am in tears about how such an innocent mistake can hurt us.

Just wanted to say to @AaronandAlice I am really sorry for you loss. But because of this I am seeing a ton of people learning from this. You may have saved 100s/1000s or more chickens due to this. Your girls will live on in all of us that learned from this incident and as we pass the word on hopefully this will never happened again.

Also wanted to just say great job to this awesome BYC community. You guys are the best!
 

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