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Get the birds off soy, that's the most critical factor in all of this. Soybean meal is bad enough on its own but since 2012 the round up ready soy has been in poultry feed and its destroys the endocrine system from the inside out. The birds are immune deficient to begin with due to selective breeding and then there's the soy based feeds.
Secondly, get fresh ground turmeric into the diet at least 4 times per week. Mix one part fresh ground tumeric with one part canned cranberry sauce with two parts cooked white rice. Spread out concoction into ice tray. Each bird should have one cube 4 times per week. I suggest feeding them at night an hour before they normally go to roost.
Alternatively, or in addition, UltraKibble is soy free and one of the primary ingredients is turmeric.
Conventional feeds are designed to disintegrate upon ingestion. That material goes through the entire digestive system in a matter of an hour or less. That's great for production in an industrial farming situation unless they are exposed pathogens, which is another subject- - Just feed your birds substantially less food- let that be whole foods- like whole seeds and grains- and try to get them off of the conventional crumbles and pellets as soon as humanly possible.
Read up on the avian endocrine system and make educated decisions based on physiology and reproductive health- versus production and yield.
Just mix that UK 2 parts to 8 parts barley and you've got a complete diet- include oystershell of course- The birds will be eat roughly 40% less than when they eat pellets/crumbles because the kibble/grain/seed admixture requires plenty of time to digest entirely. That's why the birds droppings will be fewer in number and significantly drier. They are actually digesting what is eaten. The conventional pellets and crumbles are eaten and the filler/soy protein (largely not bioavailable) are expunged. The birds just keep eating to reach their nutritional requirements. Using the UK /Grain strategy is an entirely different method. This is what many small farms selling eggs and meat in the local food movement are using.
Cuts down on feed waste, boosts immunity, extends lay cycle by a number of years (versus the endocrine system shorting out in the 2nd year and the hens slow laying to a stop) and produces healthier chicks.
We are truly in a race between education and catastrophe. The folks out in these states where the Avian flu is developing- they are all in the big grain belt- they are all feeding round up ready crops to their birds 365 days of the year. Their immune systems are not developed enough to handle viral infection. People tend to be stubborn so we just have to let them keep on a going at status quo until they realize for themselves that they aught not be feeding egg yolks built on round up chemicals to children and the elderly. It is only a matter of time before the only chickens that will be legally owned will actually belong to one of the 3 global corporations that own all of the world's meat and egg chickens. Disease will be the excuse. Poultry are too valuable in feeding the world so of course only major corporations will be able to farm them as everyone else's will be considered disease vectors. Why? Because we feed our flocks the same crap as theirs but without the antibiotics or hormones so our flocks end up getting sick, especially as they are breathing in poultry smut from the dust produced by those conventional feeds. That mixes with fecal material, feather dander and ambient dust to produce a real pathogen that breeds bacteria like wildfire.
Healthy flocks are immune to it but - the local grouse that spends any time in a barn yard is going to keel over from a bacterial pneumonia. -Regardless, bacterial infection is preventable by simply not feeding birds on the ground but rather in no tip bowls (versus filled hampers) on tables within larger receptacles- like a child's wading pool. Then- stop feeding the foods that disintegrate into powder upon pecking - - they mix with feather dander too easily during preening and that all leads to bacterial growth.
And finally- keep their immune systems healthy and fine tuned with a clean diet of high quality foods - things you can grow yourself, summer squash and sweet potatoes come to mind- Let your birds gorge on those items and feed small portions of whole grains and kibble - or another mixture that includes animal protein and sufficient dietary fat= and whole grains- -basically return the poultry to pre-industrial farming condition.
Ultrakibble Photo:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/715yXVCjLEL._SY355_.jpg?hc_location=ufi
Turmeric Photo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric
Curcumin inhibits influenza virus infection and haemagglutination activity:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814609010553
Benefits of Turmeric image:
http://simplygreenandhealthy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Benefits_of_Turmeric.jpg
Get the birds off soy, that's the most critical factor in all of this. Soybean meal is bad enough on its own but since 2012 the round up ready soy has been in poultry feed and its destroys the endocrine system from the inside out. The birds are immune deficient to begin with due to selective breeding and then there's the soy based feeds.
Secondly, get fresh ground turmeric into the diet at least 4 times per week. Mix one part fresh ground tumeric with one part canned cranberry sauce with two parts cooked white rice. Spread out concoction into ice tray. Each bird should have one cube 4 times per week. I suggest feeding them at night an hour before they normally go to roost.
Alternatively, or in addition, UltraKibble is soy free and one of the primary ingredients is turmeric.
Conventional feeds are designed to disintegrate upon ingestion. That material goes through the entire digestive system in a matter of an hour or less. That's great for production in an industrial farming situation unless they are exposed pathogens, which is another subject- - Just feed your birds substantially less food- let that be whole foods- like whole seeds and grains- and try to get them off of the conventional crumbles and pellets as soon as humanly possible.
Read up on the avian endocrine system and make educated decisions based on physiology and reproductive health- versus production and yield.
Just mix that UK 2 parts to 8 parts barley and you've got a complete diet- include oystershell of course- The birds will be eat roughly 40% less than when they eat pellets/crumbles because the kibble/grain/seed admixture requires plenty of time to digest entirely. That's why the birds droppings will be fewer in number and significantly drier. They are actually digesting what is eaten. The conventional pellets and crumbles are eaten and the filler/soy protein (largely not bioavailable) are expunged. The birds just keep eating to reach their nutritional requirements. Using the UK /Grain strategy is an entirely different method. This is what many small farms selling eggs and meat in the local food movement are using.
Cuts down on feed waste, boosts immunity, extends lay cycle by a number of years (versus the endocrine system shorting out in the 2nd year and the hens slow laying to a stop) and produces healthier chicks.
We are truly in a race between education and catastrophe. The folks out in these states where the Avian flu is developing- they are all in the big grain belt- they are all feeding round up ready crops to their birds 365 days of the year. Their immune systems are not developed enough to handle viral infection. People tend to be stubborn so we just have to let them keep on a going at status quo until they realize for themselves that they aught not be feeding egg yolks built on round up chemicals to children and the elderly. It is only a matter of time before the only chickens that will be legally owned will actually belong to one of the 3 global corporations that own all of the world's meat and egg chickens. Disease will be the excuse. Poultry are too valuable in feeding the world so of course only major corporations will be able to farm them as everyone else's will be considered disease vectors. Why? Because we feed our flocks the same crap as theirs but without the antibiotics or hormones so our flocks end up getting sick, especially as they are breathing in poultry smut from the dust produced by those conventional feeds. That mixes with fecal material, feather dander and ambient dust to produce a real pathogen that breeds bacteria like wildfire.
Healthy flocks are immune to it but - the local grouse that spends any time in a barn yard is going to keel over from a bacterial pneumonia. -Regardless, bacterial infection is preventable by simply not feeding birds on the ground but rather in no tip bowls (versus filled hampers) on tables within larger receptacles- like a child's wading pool. Then- stop feeding the foods that disintegrate into powder upon pecking - - they mix with feather dander too easily during preening and that all leads to bacterial growth.
And finally- keep their immune systems healthy and fine tuned with a clean diet of high quality foods - things you can grow yourself, summer squash and sweet potatoes come to mind- Let your birds gorge on those items and feed small portions of whole grains and kibble - or another mixture that includes animal protein and sufficient dietary fat= and whole grains- -basically return the poultry to pre-industrial farming condition.
Ultrakibble Photo:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/715yXVCjLEL._SY355_.jpg?hc_location=ufi
Turmeric Photo:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric
Curcumin inhibits influenza virus infection and haemagglutination activity:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814609010553
Benefits of Turmeric image:
http://simplygreenandhealthy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Benefits_of_Turmeric.jpg
