WoodlandWoman, your first linked article states that arsenic compounds are not usually added to feed for egg laying poultry, so that is a bit of a relief. Maybe the substance got mixed in from the commercial feed, like you were thinking.
Okay. So now I have to worry about the broiler chickens I...
ChickensAreSweet, I did read your recipe and it was inspiring. I may print that out and try to follow it.
I used to mash up my own vegetables/fruits for baby food instead of buying the jars. This can't be that different.
I posted a link on the other message I wrote about this, which is on the Managing your Flock thread, until I realized this would be a better place for the topic. Some people have posted links on the message under Managing Your Flock, tho. But the article I was reading, which is actually from...
I just read a news article about Roxarsone (which is some kind of arsenic) in chicken feed, and the article stated that some children tested high for arsenic which was traced back to their family's chicken flock. The chickens ate the feed which had Roxarsone, the children ate the chickens' eggs...