Perhaps you did not notice the original poster Beatrixkiddo was a "NEW EGG".
Maybe he/she is having the regular learning curve that is consistent with learning the message board and perhaps even the BYC search engines.
I doubt anybody seeking answers on this forum about their chickens are...
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Cant speak for everyone but I can say, we use a LOT of initials on the message forums and for a noob (like me) if you dont know DE is Diatomaceous earth, how are you going to Google it?
And if you did, how would you know it was the same one they/we were talking about?
For example...