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MaryJanet said:
hepatic lipidosis
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Had to look that up! I've had several hens die of fatty liver disease.

I found this:
"Experimentally, most attempts to prevent or treat the condition have been made through dietary modification. Substituting carbohydrate with supplemental fat, while not increasing the energy content of the diet, seems to be beneficial."
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I have no idea how one would monitor the intake of individual hens unless they are kept in cages. And I have no idea how one gets selenium in their diet, none of the layer feeds I just looked at have any. There is some in the llama and alpaca maintenance pellets, maybe I should feed some to the hens ;)
 
bruceha2000 said:
Had to look that up! I've had several hens die of fatty liver disease.

I found this:
"Experimentally, most attempts to prevent or treat the condition have been made through dietary modification. Substituting carbohydrate with supplemental fat, while not increasing the energy content of the diet, seems to be beneficial."
Source

I have no idea how one would monitor the intake of individual hens unless they are kept in cages. And I have no idea how one gets selenium in their diet, none of the layer feeds I just looked at have any. There is some in the llama and alpaca maintenance pellets, maybe I should feed some to the hens ;)
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Thank you! I take the hens to an avian specialist vet when they get sick, so they're on the pellets he prescribed with additional supplements. In case another Adelaidean reads this, the vet is Dr Mark Hill in Seaton. He's excellent and reasonably priced. Here's the list of supplements in case it's of any interest.

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Peggy has her follow up on Thursday, but she's running around the place like a champion.
 
MaryJanet said:
Thank you! I take the hens to an avian specialist vet when they get sick, so they're on the pellets he prescribed with additional supplements. In case another Adelaidean reads this, the vet is Dr Mark Hill in Seaton. He's excellent and reasonably priced. Here's the list of supplements in case it's of any interest.

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Peggy has her follow up on Thursday, but she's running around the place like a champion.
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I'll quickly add that I bought her supplements in pill form for humans and I've been crushing them and adding them to wet mash at the end of the day.

If you wanted to be vigilant, you could take away all the food at roosting time and provide mash first thing in the morning. They might be more likely to eat the full dose that way.
 

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