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  1. Their Other Mother

    Is too much protein bad for adult Chickens ?

    I looked at my records regarding the Roo with the foot issues. He hatched on November 20. So he was about 10 - 11 weeks when he started to get layer pellets and about 12 - 13 weeks when I noticed his feet and and 14 weeks when "we done him in". I didn't know chickens could get Gout! And why...
  2. Their Other Mother

    Is too much protein bad for adult Chickens ?

    digitS' : Quote: My guess is that he was crippled by gout from too much calcium in the layer feed. It is 5 or 6 times higher in calcium than starter. How old were the chicks when they went on layer feed? We are only 14 weeks out from Thanksgiving right now. And only 9 weeks out from New...
  3. Their Other Mother

    Is too much protein bad for adult Chickens ?

    I'm glad this came up. Our feed store was out of grower crumbles and only had layer crumbles. I bought a few bags cause I needed feed for my chickens. 12 of them (white leghorns and some leghorn mutts) hatched around Thanksgiving, the other 8 BA's hatched January 1. I just fed them the layer...
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