MDon240
In the Brooder
- Jul 20, 2015
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I'm not sure about this, but I have read more then several places, making me believe that the drinking of too much water can cause one of two things and not both. One very simple problem and one very complicated problem
The simple problem is that they drink too much that they become chilled as water is a very efficient conductor of heat.
The more complicated problem is the opposite, in that they drink so much water their cell membranes have a reduced metabolic efficiency, which causes over heating because the body has to work twice as hard to achieve the same.
Which is why we feed them electrolyte supplements (and we feed ourselves too, athletes*), always in the form of sodium "something-something" (eg. sodium phosphate; Epson salts; etc.). This rebalances the stagnant H20 in their bodies allowing resources to pass through the cell membranes, and the blood to the liver/pancreas, and then to the excrement that dispels the waste.
Now I'm no veteran duck raiser, but I do understand my own body and I do understand how all organic and cellular life works.
And so this is what I'm told and read to try and piece together my own rational conclusion with my scientific savvy.
Lets keep this thread going until we can at least confirm or deny how exactly this happens.
*We can also have TOO much electrolytes in which case we would need antioxidants to prevent too much oxidation. Oxides of anything indicate that molecular chains are being broken apart from oxygen molecules in the blood, which obviously is essential to all breathing things; to have oxygen rich blood.
The simple problem is that they drink too much that they become chilled as water is a very efficient conductor of heat.
The more complicated problem is the opposite, in that they drink so much water their cell membranes have a reduced metabolic efficiency, which causes over heating because the body has to work twice as hard to achieve the same.
Which is why we feed them electrolyte supplements (and we feed ourselves too, athletes*), always in the form of sodium "something-something" (eg. sodium phosphate; Epson salts; etc.). This rebalances the stagnant H20 in their bodies allowing resources to pass through the cell membranes, and the blood to the liver/pancreas, and then to the excrement that dispels the waste.
Now I'm no veteran duck raiser, but I do understand my own body and I do understand how all organic and cellular life works.
And so this is what I'm told and read to try and piece together my own rational conclusion with my scientific savvy.
Lets keep this thread going until we can at least confirm or deny how exactly this happens.
*We can also have TOO much electrolytes in which case we would need antioxidants to prevent too much oxidation. Oxides of anything indicate that molecular chains are being broken apart from oxygen molecules in the blood, which obviously is essential to all breathing things; to have oxygen rich blood.
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