corn causing feather loss?

[Shannon's Chix]

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I never heard of that wives tale, I only know it takes more for the body to metabolize (or break down) corn, thus raising body temp...I didn't realize from the OP that the feed store gal thought they would lose feathers due to overheating??? Crazy!

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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[Fudgie]

ROFLMBO Love that last post Lazy J!

the stupidity of some people. People trust the feed store people and we gotta get them trained some how!

 

[dsedler]

Ya know, I was going to make the same comments about the corn making them hot. I have heard the same thing over and over. However, I tried to do a search about it and could find nothing that says where this myth came from or why it is not true. Can anyone point me somewhere that would explain this? I would like to know why people think corn will raise body temperature.

I have horses and have heard the comment that corn will make them hot, but that is referring to their energy level. As in, more excitable, not an increase in temp. Maybe people just began taking this literally????

 

[cybercat]

Corn will not make them hot but it might make them fat. Corn is a very low protien high caloryl filler. It can cause chickens to stop laying if there laying feed is not high enough protien. Example if you feed a 16% layer and feed extra corn on top of that your protien then goes down to 12% or lower for corn is only 9% protien. So those that have egg laying problems need to cut back on scratch and corn. BTW corn will not cause feather loss but bad food will or a change of diet will also. Now this will not be a full moult but you will notice it.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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DING DING DING DING!!!!!!!! We have a winner!

Finally someone that understands the place corn fills in a livestock ration. (we will ignore the "filler" phrase)

Jim

 

[PortageGirl]

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Ok, I've got it now, they should have little or no corn as a treat no matter the time of year, but not Tequilla! Because Tequilla will make them take off their feathers. Ok, got it! ....

I too agree with cybercat and the others who are debunking the corn myth.

I will also say that they are NOT too young to molt, they molt when they molt, and while most in a flock will do it at relatively the same times, there's no guarentee, sometimes you'll have one molting all by itself, other times the whole flock's feathers will go POOF and it'll look like they had a pillow fight in their coop.

 

[NYREDS]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

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What he said!​

 

[Renee']

I thought that I read some where on BYC that excessive corn consumption can cause "fatty liver" or "fat deposits on the liver" which can be fatal??

 

[Judy]

Here is an excellent thread about feeding chickens corn, what it does and does not do and why, etc.:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=74876

And no, it does not make them hot.