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While that's interesting and all, its entirely non responsive to what I said. At no point did I suggest that diet somehow resulted in a hen spontaneously creating more egg cells for eventual expulsion as a fully formed and shelled "chicken egg". What I said is that it had an effect in...

You and I both, you and I both. You don't know what you don't know until someone mentionsd something you'd never given thought to...

and sorry about all the typos - I'm eating baked chicken. fingers greasy

I'll add further that studies have demonstrated that increasing protein levels from 16% to 18-20% in mature layers IS associated with reduced mortality rates, increased frequency of lay, and increased egg size in production hens. So why is the typical layer feed just 16% protein? Because those...

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Usually the result of excess fat in the diet (one of the concerns with BOSS and BSFL), NOT excess protein!

Most of the studies trying to induce dietary related health problems that I've read were in the mid 40% or higher for protein, while similar gout conditions could be induced at MUCH lower rates of calcium inclusion (6-8%, and just 4% for roosters and preadolescent birds of both genders). In...