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    Scratch and "hot chickens"

    That's correct! See? We're all brilliant! Except, truth is, I don't have any corn on hand right now, and I don't actually have a pellet stove, but I wish I did... Just like I wish I had chickens. Five more months....
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    Scratch and "hot chickens"

    Since clearly the word "Hot" can mean either "high temperature" or "high calorie" than perhaps the argument is just one of clarifying our definitions. Corn can be "hot" feed without making chickens "hot". The chicken temperature doesn't go up, but they do get more "heat" in "calories" The...
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    Scratch and "hot chickens"

    Okay, so I'm not a chicken expert, but I do have a degree in animal physiology. Calories in food doesn't raise a homeotherm's body temperature, but the calories available when the food is digested can be used for muscular activity, like piloerection, shivering, and voluntary skeletal muscle...
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