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Idaho Chicken Bungalow said:
Welcome to the coop! I use the Forums and Articles tabs at the top of the page to do research. You can get lost for hours. It's nice to know you are minutes away from getting help with questions and emergencies!
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Thankyou it's a great place to get good info, so glad I found it.
 
DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
The keel and crop are two different things. When they go to roost, their crops should be full and you can feel it.
Being able to palpate the keel bone in a layer is good. A fat layer hen is unhealthy and it will shorten her life and cause health problems. If your flock has free access to a large area to move around in, substrate to scratch through and places to jump/fly up on and are very limited in treats (I prefer to keep it to less than 5 wt% of their total diet), they should be able to eat their complete diet plus whatever they forage without getting overweight.
Use this chart as a guide.
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Thankyou so much for this info it's very helpful.
 
DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
The keel and crop are two different things. When they go to roost, their crops should be full and you can feel it.
Being able to palpate the keel bone in a layer is good. A fat layer hen is unhealthy and it will shorten her life and cause health problems. If your flock has free access to a large area to move around in, substrate to scratch through and places to jump/fly up on and are very limited in treats (I prefer to keep it to less than 5 wt% of their total diet), they should be able to eat their complete diet plus whatever they forage without getting overweight.
Use this chart as a guide.
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Excellent thankyou so much.
 

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