Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

OZ need help finding that DE link that explains caution with its use! I searched every bookmark and just am overlookiing it somehow!

 

[cochins1088]

I know many people love DE but what is it?

Diatomaceous earth is made from the fossilized remains of tiny, aquatic organisms called diatoms. Their skeletons are made of a natural substance called silica. Over a long period of time, diatoms accumulated in the sediment of rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans. Today, silica deposits are mined from these areas.

and in the news today....

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed long-awaited rules on Friday to limit crystalline silica, a move it said would prevent nearly 700 deaths a year by reducing exposure to these very small particles that can cause lung cancer and other diseases.

“Exposure to silica can be deadly, and limiting that exposure is essential,” said David Michaels, the assistant secretary of labor in charge of OSHA. He estimated that the proposed rule would prevent 1,600 new cases of silicosis each year.
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Just Sayin.......... Sometimes natural aint natural

 

[loveourbirds]

Quote: That seems to be what i am finding too. i'm just trying to make sure; i know exactly how a person can go nuts spending money on chickens, i dont want to be the guy who causes this problem for someone else.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Sally, is it this one?


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No I think it was earlier than that one, thanks coch, it was a link also to a cool chicken site. For the life of me I just cant remember except it played the most annoying music on the site!!! LOL I know I am strange! I remember more about the music on the site than what I read! DOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh

 

[ozexpat]

No I think it was earlier than that one, thanks coch, it was a link also to a cool chicken site. For the life of me I just cant remember except it played the most annoying music on the site!!! LOL I know I am strange! I remember more about the music on the site than what I read! DOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh

It was this one


strange - I have never heard the music

http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/de.htm

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: Awesome! Danka

 

[Sally Sunshine]

ran into this searching....

"Effect of diatomaceous earth on parasite load, egg production, and egg quality of free-range organic laying hens" http://diatomaceous.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PoultryScienceRLEStudy.pdf

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Effect of an herbal essential oil mixture on growth, laying traits, and egg hatching characteristics of broiler breeders.

"The results of this study showed that supplementing diets with EOM improved fertility, the hatchability of total eggs set, total settable eggs, total chicks, and the chick weight of broiler breeders." http://ps.fass.org/content/88/11/2368.long

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Oxygen availability and growth of the chick embryo.

"The fact that embryo growth can be accelerated by incubation of the egg in 60% O2 suggests that the oxygen tension in blood leaving the chorioallantoic capillaries normally limits the rate of embryonic growth for the first 18 days of incubation in this species."http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7335987

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I think I am done for a while, my brain gets fried fast when reading those! lol