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Does anyone here have ducks? If so are they still laying? My neighbor and I both noticed our ducks are laying as usual but not the chickens. I thought thought this might be due to environmental pollutant. But maybe ducks have a different internal calendar?

I just gave them raw but @MamaPoult says she cooks them. I imagine they'd eat more if cooked.

I tried a bunch of different things (moving the flock indoors with a HEPA filter, and adding turmeric, cayenne pepper, inositol, apple cider vinegar and activated charcoal to their feed. Their production went from 1.5 to 3.5 dozen per day after a few days. Yesterday I gave them lentils at 6am...

That is really interesting. Was there anything else in your research you can share? FYI Lysine and methionine are amino acids not proteins. Protein is like muscle meat. I do have some lysine powder here, I will try that as well. I read lysine controls certain viruses like Marek's. I have maybe...

Seems like the lentils helped but I wonder if it's because they contain specific vitamins, vs protein. I gave my hens a 100-lb deer carcass two weeks ago and they picked it clean, all the while egg production dropping.

Hi @MamaPoult how fast do you see results after feeding lentils to your flock? I gave my flock some at 6am this morning, and by 11am found a jumbo ISA Brown egg, the first jumbo egg I've seen in weeks.

I'm going to try this today!