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Hey all, I'm looking for advice on what would be most helpful for my 1-year-old Silkie hen who is currently broody and sitting on a clutch of eggs. About 3-4 days into incubation, I noticed she had the classic signs of sour crop. I did the following: Moved her and her eggs indoors for...

I mean, they are not adding lead just for fun. Why it makes sense to add lead is it makes the rubber more flexible and makes the manufacturing process easier. For instance there is lead discovered in another rubber product, the rubber mulch they use in children's playgrounds despite it not...

Yeah that's a great idea. This might make a good research project for a student doing work in agricultural science

I wouldn't say that this is *DEBUNKED*, I think that it just shows the results are inconclusive because these strips are not accurate. If we don't know if the lead is leaching or not, that's very different than saying it is not. I think the title should say *INCONCLUSIVE* until someone does a...