Medicated Feed vs. Growth of Chicks?

[beneduck14]

The replication need not be done in time as you indicate above. You can also make so you divide the chicks up into smaller groups of three in each. If memory serves, then you were going to start off with 10 chicks per brooder. As such, your brooder would be the actual experimental unit or replicate.

Thanks for the input- guess the brooder will have to change a little for regionals then!

 

[Earl Medcalf]

Try subdividing each brooder into three sections. Make so each has a feeder. Water not so problematic. Randomly assign the two treatments to the sections so each diet fed to three replicate sections (groups of chicks).


You poll is not bad bud you should have specified where chicks were raised in parallel with respect to diet (control versus treated). You negative votes in all likelihood not meeting what is needed to make a good comparison when it comes to individual voters.

 

[beneduck14]

Eggs bought in morning and just placed in incubator. 3rd time hatching but anyone have any tips for hatching a large bunch? The other times I've hatched, ive only had max 6 eggs

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

Well that's huge relief! TheTSC worker must have had a wrong standing? Still I don't know why they are removing amprolium related products out of the store..

The TSC employees are simply following the mandate from their corporate offices, TSC management has decided to not deal with any of the feed medications in their stores regardless of the need for a VFD.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

Your hypothesis needs a little tweaking. I believe it should be this:

Chicks fed feed medicated with Amprolium grow better than chicks fed feed with out amprolium.

 

[beneduck14]

Your hypothesis needs a little tweaking. I believe it should be this:

Chicks fed feed medicated with Amprolium grow better than chicks fed feed with out amprolium.

Unfortunatly we have to follow format with an if and then statement

 

[centrarchid]

Your hypothesis needs a little tweaking.  I believe it should be this:

Chicks fed feed medicated with Amprolium grow better than chicks fed feed with out amprolium.

If a simple T-test to be ran, make no assumptions about direction of disparity between bird performance as a function of diet.

Ho: Amprollium laced feed does not differ from Control (null hypothesis)

Ha: Amprollium laced feed does differ from Control (alternative hypothesis)

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

If a simple T-test to be ran, make no assumptions about direction of disparity between bird performance as a function of diet.

Ho: Amprollium laced feed does not differ from Control (null hypothesis)

Ha: Amprollium laced feed does differ from Control (alternative hypothesis)

From a statistical standpoint you are correct, but from a Scientific Method standpoint you cannot prove a negative. Therefore, the hypothesis of this experiment should be as I posted it.

Of course these are the ramblings of two who have too much education in our back grounds.

I applaud the OP for doing her experiment.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

Oops, double posti.

 

[centrarchid]

What will the OP do if the treated feed promotes a level of performance that is less than the control? In my situation, I would still use the treated feed even though it might slow growth a little yet significantly.