Feed Tests - More Results

[Mother-Hen-Michele]

Tbh I know for some the ability to give a hen's body a proper break would be awesome in general

A little time off for having a daily cycle when we struggle with a monthly cycle seems perfectly reasonable

 

[miss heny]

A little time off for having a daily cycle when we struggle with a monthly cycle seems perfectly reasonable

Yeah I got my own time of the month issues, alot of female animals do too. Even spayed a goat because she was born a genetic dwarf and the vet school agreed it was the right call because her organs weren't right.

 

[Painted Calls]

Bingo and shuffle-ball -

I do think there's be a small market for feed like that

I'd also use it if it was available. One less issue for my high maintenance girl.

 

[KRack]

I’ve been following silently. Thank you for sharing all of this information!! I started out unsure, but with an open mind, because how can you learn without facts? This has all been very helpful!

However I’ll add my two cents just because most of you folks do. I think the term conspiracy theorist is over used and creates issues in conversation. The second you call someone a conspiracy theorist 1) they don’t feel like their opinion is valued and they lose interest in talking with you and 2) that’s the category you lump them in and therefore do take them less seriously, if at all. It prevents open dialogue and I personally find it unnecessary. Should you have to change the words and terms you use? No. Do I expect you to? No. But I just wanted to throw that out there because I really like open, respectful dialogue from all sides.

 

[miss heny]

Unfortunately many of us tried to just educate without the word conspiracy and been called government hacks, boot lickers, other things I don't think BYC allows

 

[Mother-Hen-Michele]

Yeah I got my own time of the month issues, alot of female animals do too. Even spayed a goat because she was born a genetic dwarf and the vet school agreed it was the right call because her organs weren't right.

Hey! Maybe that feed would work on humans too! Would this feed be the cure for PMS, PCOS or menopause?

Does it make roosters less frisky? Some women want to "calm down" their old roosters.

 

[KRack]

Unfortunately many of us tried to just educate without the word conspiracy and been called government hacks, boot lickers, other things I don't think BYC allows

I haven’t seen any of that on this thread, so if it’s elsewhere I missed it. Name calling at all is really childish in my opinion. No one on the internet could ever hold that much control over my emotions. Makes no sense to me.

 

[Coops Dad]

Thank you @Kiki for tagging everyone, I did want to see the info, but the original thread was too hard to keep up with.

I had to read 8 pages to post this! Awfully triggering this topic! No wonder the algorithms are spinning it into a frothy conspiracy.

And great thanks to @Aunt Angus for bringing science to the party. I know he is sometimes a "long-winded-zealot-guest-at-a-frat-house" kind of dinner guest, (to be fair he can sometimes be oblivious to a good metaphor) but I find him sweet just the same.

I didn't hear about the conspiracy until I read the post, but I often wonder if the labels are really accurate. Very interesting to read the smart people discuss the label info.

I do NOT want to feed the flame of conspiracy, but I have wondered if the type of protein might not sometimes shift to being something less digestible from time to time as grain prices shift. They guarantee protein but they do not guarantee the source. Same suspicions about the source of calcium... (Why isn't all that on the label?)

I suspect that sometimes they use one grain and other times another because (1) shifting market prices, especially with a war in a grain producing region, (2) I have met people who are allergic to eggs, but not allergic to my eggs. (Maybe the commercial eggs use something that those particular humans don't digest but is cheaper?)

****** (Tongue in cheek)*****
If your feed really is stopping laying, please rebag into smaller bags and put in freezer. It is VERY valuable. I would buy it when I have a hen with reproductive issues and I dearly want her to stop while she heals. The option of hormone implants is around $600 USD every 4 to 6 months (based on the post I recently saw from a duck-mom) and that I don't have. (Unless I stop paying for the mortgage and the electric bill)


Oh! And in order to push the ball down a new hill (in case you are reading this and need a new conspiracy)

***Conspiracy needs two ingredients, (1) true/observable (usually harmless), (2) the other just a little beyond true but containing a frequent foe, like govt/corporations/other surrogate for a bad parent.

Optional 3rd ingredient is a cure for sale****

(Ingredient 1)
the Earth's magnetic (metal) core has been detected to have stopped spinning. (True and harmless)

*****(This part is silly, but almost plausible)******
Maybe in the same way that migratory birds use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate our hens use that spin to decide when it is safe to lay eggs.

(Ingredient 2)
Maybe there are actually govt tests using something that is causing the core to stop spinning. Nuclear does it... So a power source for electric vehicles? Also EMP (electro magnetic pulse in movies). Maybe they are testing big weapons because of Russia or Russia is testing weapons.

****(Ingredient 3, cure I can sell you)****
So maybe if you hide some fridge magnets in the coop, or under the nest boxes they will start laying. But if you aren't seeing results I have some special rocks that are magnetic and you could put them in the coop.

Profits from sale of rocks will be donated to @Aunt Angus to refund the tests.

It's HAARP, obviously.
https://www.gaia.com/article/haarp-a-u-s-conspiracy-theory-magnet

 

[Mother-Hen-Michele]

I’ve been following silently. Thank you for sharing all of this information!! I started out unsure, but with an open mind, because how can you learn without facts? This has all been very helpful!

However I’ll add my two cents just because most of you folks do. I think the term conspiracy theorist is over used and creates issues in conversation. The second you call someone a conspiracy theorist 1) they don’t feel like their opinion is valued and they lose interest in talking with you and 2) that’s the category you lump them in and therefore do take them less seriously, if at all. It prevents open dialogue and I personally find it unnecessary. Should you have to change the words and terms you use? No. Do I expect you to? No. But I just wanted to throw that out there because I really like open, respectful dialogue from all sides.

Yes, too many people are living in information silos. People outside that silo seem to be living in a wilderness of crazy.

But with the news coming from algorithms it is going to stay that way until it breaks.

I don't use Facebook or Twitter or Instagram (etc etc)

My only virtual "group" is BYC... And I see the little feed at the bottom manipulating me into a silo every time I am here... I can't imagine staying sane with the big feeds pulling at me

 

[miss heny]

I haven’t seen any of that on this thread, so if it’s elsewhere I missed it. Name calling at all is really childish in my opinion. No one on the internet could ever hold that much control over my emotions. Makes no sense to me.

Facebook and real life unfortunately