Studies for Commercial producers are all about the money. ... and that's all I findI drink it. It doesn't taste that bad. I'm sure it does have some impact but looking at what else they drink I would be surprised if it was the taste of the water.
Bear in mind the ate the fermented feed before and it was the same water. They've made a choice. They've had plenty of combinations to choose from.
Fermented then dried met with highest approval.
I don't really know what's going on. I've done quite a bit of research both read and practical on this topic now and I'm left with not much knowledge. The fermented feed studies show some of the chemical changes the feed undergoes, but often one doesn't know what was in the feed. That kind of makes such studies interesting but there are so many variables, the chickens eating habits, keeping arrnagements and their digestive system, one cant apply it generally.
I'm part way writing an article about the chickens digestive system. One would have thought we would Have a commanding grasp of the topic, but when it comes down to things like crop size, ventriculus force, which enzymes secrete where, rate of the passage of foodstuffs. For example one study found that commercial feed (I think they used a slurry and pellets) passed through the chickens digestive system fastest.
I read elsewhere that the feed producers are fully aware of this and design their additives to make their feed the hens eat more; a bit like McDonalds.
