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Glad I found this... looks like I need to get a bag of flock raiser for my mixed flock of layers, teenager, preteens, and a few boys that snuck in the "pullet' bin.....
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Small Hobbyist? You think I'm a "small hobbyist"?From a statistic's point of view, it is way more representative than the mean flock size on BYC.
I am willing to change the way I raise my chickens, but I won't do it by taking the advice of a small hobbyist who does his "homework" and can not provide any documentation.
There are a number of things that can cause thin shells.What about the dange/problems of thin shelled eggs on the layers? I have a couple of girls who tend to have problems with the shells. Currently I have 11 one year old hens all laying regularly. I just mixed in 18 eleven week old chicks. They free range about 4 hours a day now that it is hot and dry. I have one feed tray of layer feed, one feed tray of Game bird starter, bowls of oyster grit, all free choice available all day to all of them. I see the birds crossing back and forth between the feeds. When we first mixed the flocks, the babies seemed to prefer the layer feed and the hens the starter, however, now, although I don't track each bird, I see them at what ever trough is open/close to them when they choose to feed. In your opinion, will the babies be ok? Are they getting enough of a balance? I have never seen the babies even try the oyster shells just the feed.
Small Hobbyist? You think I'm a "small hobbyist"?
I hatch more fowl a year that you have layers.
I also don't see you posting any documentations on how calcium is not a problem for non-laying fowl.
Chris
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Where is my, "problem with reading comprehension"?Again, you are having problems with reading comprehension.
Google this, google that. Can't provide a link?[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hy-line did a good right up on Avian Urlithiasis also R.K Page, O.J. Fletcher and Parshall Bush did a good article on Calcium Toxicosis in Broilers both should be easily found if you Google [/FONT]calcium toxicity in poultry.
Google this, google that. Can't provide a link?
So, again problems with reading comprehension. Read the title of this thread. The broilers in the study were not free range, but rather in confined housing with no other food sources available. I mentioned that earlier.
aoxa,Chris,
Do you personally feed your roosters grower or flock raiser as well as your layers?