I'm Sending Feed to be Analyzed

[Aunt Angus]

How efficient! Thank you for the lesson and for the foresight to spoil us all.

Darn straight. Ordering those tests spoils y'all, too. Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday, Happy Valentines Day, Happy Boxing Day, and Happy Bastille Day.

 

[Krugerrand]

Idk if I'll start a thread for discussion of the results. I just shelled out a few hundred dollars, and I can only imagine how whatever results I publish will be shot down. I am not a very assertive person. This stuff kills me, which is why I offered to get the testing done: to (in theory) stop the arguments. I can't stop others from discussing them, but I may just have mods lock the thread. Not to stop anyone, but for my own sanity.

Sounds like you have in mind what the results will be ... but that's still speculation (even if highly likely). Plus, I would expect some questions - 'what does this mean?' 'what impact does this have' 'how long does x take to lead to y?' those types of questions. The only problem with locking a thread is that it 1) prevents others from sharing their results in the same spot. (has anybody said they're also sending feed for testing?) and 2) it feeds the 'conspiracy' because they it suggests you are 'stifling' the discussion. So perhaps we just ask nicely that people refrain from using a results thread for stuff other than results.

 

[Shadrach]

If it's a video, a link would be helpful!

I won't link you to the video. I think it's already had far too much publicity.

The video is of a man who keeps hens, describes himself as a homesteader and is complaining that his hens aren't laying any eggs ( well 3 eggs to be correct out of 40 (I think) hens) and nor are some (?) of the hens of other homesteaders he knows. I think the main point of concern was according to this man his hens laid as normal on day X and on day Y they stopped altogether, apart from the 3 who did lay and are pullets.

The medium this video has been publishe on is Tik Tok and on the page of this mans videos are links to other websites.

I've got some questions.
If my hens stopped laying eggs suddenly would I immediately assume that something had been done to the commercial feed I give them to make them stop laying eggs?
I know a bit about chickens, certainly enough experience to know that at a particular time of year they can stop laying eggs. It's usually late autumn but can happen at other times. Some years a few stop. Other years most stop. Sometimes the stopping bit happens over a few weeks.

If the above didn't alliviate my anxiety I would wonder if something had seriously stressed them.
Perhaps I would consider a sickness of some sort.

My most likely course of action, because I know hens can and do do this gone on strike business would be to wait the strikers out and swear at them a bit.

I do this because in the past, quite a few years of it, waiting the hens out has worked and out of the blue they start laying again. I could of course put this down to divine intervention and make a video about that.

So this homesteading man with the chickens, doesn't he know this happens from experience?
I know there are lots of posts on BYC where usually new keepers post that there hens have stopped laying. Up until now at least those who answer such posts haven't immediately written that something had been added to the feed to make them stop laying.

So, here's a start. I don't think the guy in the video does keep chickens. Every experienced keeper know they stop laying. I think it's click bait which for some reason I canot fathom has gone viral and every conspiracy theorists with an internet connection has jumped on board.

So there's another conspiracy for people to think about. Why does a man who says he keeps chickens not know they aren't machines and do stop laying make such a video. Check out some of the links on the page.

 

[Sally PB]

Thank you, @Shadrach!

 

[Krugerrand]

I won't link you to the video. I think it's already had far too much publicity.

The video is of a man who keeps hens, describes himself as a homesteader and is complaining that his hens aren't laying any eggs ( well 3 eggs to be correct out of 40 (I think) hens) and nor are some (?) of the hens of other homesteaders he knows. I think the main point of concern was according to this man his hens laid as normal on day X and on day Y they stopped altogether, apart from the 3 who did lay and are pullets.

The medium this video has been publishe on is Tik Tok and on the page of this mans videos are links to other websites.

I've got some questions.
If my hens stopped laying eggs suddenly would I immediately assume that something had been done to the commercial feed I give them to make them stop laying eggs?
I know a bit about chickens, certainly enough experience to know that at a particular time of year they can stop laying eggs. It's usually late autumn but can happen at other times. Some years a few stop. Other years most stop. Sometimes the stopping bit happens over a few weeks.

If the above didn't alliviate my anxiety I would wonder if something had seriously stressed them.
Perhaps I would consider a sickness of some sort.

My most likely course of action, because I know hens can and do do this gone on strike business would be to wait the strikers out and swear at them a bit.

I do this because in the past, quite a few years of it, waiting the hens out has worked and out of the blue they start laying again. I could of course put this down to divine intervention and make a video about that.

So this homesteading man with the chickens, doesn't he know this happens from experience?
I know there are lots of posts on BYC where usually new keepers post that there hens have stopped laying. Up until now at least those who answer such posts haven't immediately written that something had been added to the feed to make them stop laying.

So, here's a start. I don't think the guy in the video does keep chickens. Every experienced keeper know they stop laying. I think it's click bait which for some reason I canot fathom has gone viral and every conspiracy theorists with an internet connection has jumped on board.

So there's another conspiracy for people to think about. Why does a man who says he keeps chickens not know they aren't machines and do stop laying make such a video. Check out some of the links on the page.

How do we know you're not a corporate plant trying to keep us in the dark?



Just kidding ... that was a great summary.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Sounds like you have in mind what the results will be ... but that's still speculation (even if highly likely). Plus, I would expect some questions - 'what does this mean?' 'what impact does this have' 'how long does x take to lead to y?' those types of questions. The only problem with locking a thread is that it 1) prevents others from sharing their results in the same spot. (has anybody said they're also sending feed for testing?) and 2) it feeds the 'conspiracy' because they it suggests you are 'stifling' the discussion. So perhaps we just ask nicely that people refrain from using a results thread for stuff other than results.

I have no idea what the results will be. I don't want to be part of the discussion. This is my thread, and I can lock it if I choose to do so. I hope you start your own thread once I publish the results. As the thread starter, I can't get away from the notifications, even if I "unwatch" because I'll be replied to and tagged.

This whole process has caused me a great amount of grief. Folks have been downright vitriolic towards me when all I am doing is trying to stop speculation by providing proof one way or the other. If that leads you to think I'm stifling things, then go for it.

I am the only person who I have heard has sent for feed to be tested, which is crazy-sauce since my birds are all laying (except for my older girls and my one broody). Even my ducks and geese are laying now (except for Marmalade, who is on hormones to stop her from laying).

 

[Krugerrand]

I have no idea what the results will be. I don't want to be part of the discussion. This is my thread, and I can lock it if I choose to do so. I hope you start your own thread once I publish the results. As the thread starter, I can't get away from the notifications, even if I "unwatch" because I'll be replied to and tagged.

This whole process has caused me a great amount of grief. Folks have been downright vitriolic towards me when all I am doing is trying to stop speculation by providing proof one way or the other. If that leads you to think I'm stifling things, then go for it.

I am the only person who I have heard has sent for feed to be tested, which is crazy-sauce since my birds are all laying (except for my older girls and my one broody). Even my ducks and geese are laying now (except for Marmalade, who is on hormones to stop her from laying).

That makes sense. If the results are not in a separate thread, locking the thread makes the most sense. Otherwise, the results will get buried again and as you say, the notifications could just go on and on.

I hope I didn't imply any onus on your part to do more than you've already done - which is way more than could be asked.

 

[Aunt Angus]

That makes sense. If the results are not in a separate thread, locking the thread makes the most sense. Otherwise, the results will get buried again and as you say, the notifications could just go on and on.

I hope I didn't imply any onus on your part to do more than you've already done - which is way more than could be asked.

You can link to a post in a locked thread. You can also copy from it.

 

[Sally PB]

@Aunt Angus, again, you have gone way above and beyond. Lock the thread if you want/need to.

I was going to (only somewhat) jokingly suggest we all talk about music and tv and cooking and gardening and cars for awhile instead.

 

[Joel Just Joel]

my birds are all laying

The offer is still good for me to send you another sample of my "bad feed" that may or may not have closed the wombs of my poor hens for over a week. I'd love to have someone else empirically prove my feed is fine in addition to lab testing. Redundancy = good.