And I'm saying the research suggests that your birds are sub optimum - healthy, yes, but never living up to their genetic potential, due to a deficient diet. That's the problem with anecdote - you have no alternative hypothesis to compare against.
As analogy, consider the case of North Korea...
my sources say high protein for short amount of times and long term is bad if you truly read it and im just saying my group of 25 birds are happy heathy and lay eggs good
what i was saying is over 22% is bad i would recommend 16% for best heath and i would like you to cite where you have found that 20% is the best for chickens for their whole life
https://www.bing.com/search?q=is+high+protein+after+a+lonf+period+of+time+bad+for+chickens&cvid=80b55447428f424b8a3b9a256ec72421&aqs=edge..69i57.47363j0j1&pglt=297&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=NMTS#:~:text=for chickens?-,Although constantly giving them high protein feed can damage their health in the long...