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hillbillyfarmer, you've reminded me of another study I found recently. Commercial chickens have their beaks cut down to reduce injury from pecking, and now I know why. The study put full-beaked chickens into little commercial egg laying cages from age 17 - 24 weeks, and full-beaked chickens...

Another thought azygous - I've been hunting through formal studies of feather pecking in chickens and found an interesting result of one study (though long and boring to read right through). It had two lots of birds, the first had an indoor and outdoor undercover area with no green feed with...

Have you changed anything else lately, new feed or new birds? To get a better idea of what's going on, yes, you're probably right to continue on the Forco through seasonal changes to see what happens. Are you still writing things down? In a year or so you won't be able to remember these...

That's it azygous, similar to a noise they make. And it's what we say in a fairly highpitched voice when we call them to food. "Chook chook chook chook!"

azygous, I don't think it would take more than keeping a detailed chicken diary. I've only had chickens for two weeks so wouldn't know all the things to keep an eye on and wouldn't be the best person to write up the criteria. At the very least, and in the absence of information from Forco...

FireTigeris, what's you've descibed is a full-on scientific study that could be written up in a journal. That type of scientific study would be a waste of time and money, I agree. Trials can be run under more natural circumstances, gathering accurate feedback from users under their own...

Oh dear, I have just posted my last reply without seeing that Jim has put something on which I haven't read yet, so some of what I have said may not follow his post. I'm rushing to an appointment and will read your post Jim when I'm back. It looks long and deserving of some time in reading...

Yes azygous, I've read the whole thread. Please take an objective look at the words "publicly promoting off-label use" which you say has not happened here and comes "out of [my] own wild imagination". "publicly" - there's nothing more public than a worldwide public internet forum "promoting"...

Chickiemomy, your points are noted. Now if I may speak plainly too... It seems to me very odd that any company wouldn't package up this product as chicken supplement after all their reassurances of it being safe and effective for the purpose. What's the problem with doing that, and hugely...

Wow, thanks Olchook! Dolomite is a natural magnesium source that lowers acidity. Makes sense. Maybe this is 'miracle' number 2.

Thanks for your comprehensive reply Jim. You say Forco is made from human grade ingredients and doesn't require an FDA rating. While that may be the case when fed to horses and bulls which aren't generally eaten by humans, would it be a different matter if fed to chooks for eggs and meat...

Above are some edited snips from the Forco distributor's posting. It seems the soybean meal is being suggested as better for feather plucking than Forco? Regarding the 'recommended' feeding rate here, is that a manufacturer's recommendation, and if so why isn't this stuff bagged up and sold as...