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BYC has been a huge help to me - I've only been at this 15 months or so. I hope you find it as enjoyable, educational, and supportive as I have.

...and i was wondering if the whole thing about ash making it more digestible doesn't originate with the "discovery" of the "New World" and the need to mix ash with the corn of that time period so that **we** could get nutritional value out of it. [^^^ this is why I often appear to have the...

Yeah, nothing objectionable. No need for some of those things (like the grit), but not objectionable. That's why I'm thinking its being used in the "burn it all up, weigh what's left" sense of the word.

I'm not sure what them mean by ash on the label, either. On the one hand, ash is high in minerals - calcium and phospherous mostly, and I've seen claims that adding up to 1% wood ash into your poultry feed can be of benefit. There's a popular belief that ash increases protein digestibility...

I'm no expert on Chicken Behaviors, I might as @aart , @3KillerBs , @21hens-incharge @cmom if maybe they could weigh in. To my (limited) knowledge, a chicken doesn't normally suddenly start laying small eggs after laying large ones. Yes, its normal for birds to lay a few smallish eggs as...