Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

My understanding is that the oil from the preen gland contains the precursors to vitamin D and those gets converted to vitamin D when exposed to the sun. The bird then ingests the vitamin D when they preen.
They can also make vitamin D in exposed skin (as we do) but there is only a little bit of that. I think unlike us their eyes can also make vitamin D.
I can probably dig up the reference to this, I came across it when researching vitamins in chickens because of Bernadette who I believe has a vitamin B2 issue.

That makes more sense now.
One of the problems I had in Catalonia was much of what I got told was in a mixture of rural Catalan and Spanish. I don't speak any Spanish and rural/farming Catalan is rather different to the Catalan one learns for every day general use. It's the phrases that throw you, much like in English and many words in Catalan do not translate accurately into English. My favourite so far was trying to look for spiders when what was meant was mites.

 

[ManueB]

Is he serious?

Yes, I don't think he'll change his mind. If he comes to see them in a month, he will think we have swapped them.
He is one of those who believe man has never been on the moon.

 

[ManueB]

Yes. I think I read it is generic to birds who need vitamin D but don't have much exposed skin. I remember wondering why most mammals don't have the same issue as they are covered in fur - but I was on a mission about chicken vitamins so I didn't follow that lead!

Humans are not covered in furs but in clothes and about 80 percent of the population is deficient. It's not only from not being outside. I'm deficient and I spend my life outside and I'm tanned like brown leather.

 

[bruceha2000]

Yes, I don't think he'll change his mind. If he comes to see them in a month, he will think we have swapped them.
He is one of those who believe man has never been on the moon.

Don't let him try to make the "ducks" swim!!

 

[GregnLety]

That makes more sense now.
One of the problems I had in Catalonia was much of what I got told was in a mixture of rural Catalan and Spanish. I don't speak any Spanish and rural/farming Catalan is rather different to the Catalan one learns for every day general use. It's the phrases that throw you, much like in English and many words in Catalan do not translate accurately into English. My favourite so far was trying to look for spiders when what was meant was mites.

That's an everyday occurrence between my wife and I. Google translate often muddies the water, lol. Sometimes amusing but sometimes frustrating

 

[no fly zone]

Yes, I don't think he'll change his mind. If he comes to see them in a month, he will think we have swapped them.
He is one of those who believe man has never been on the moon.

"Birds aren't real!"

 

[RoyalChick]

Humans are not covered in furs but in clothes and about 80 percent of the population is deficient. It's not only from not being outside. I'm deficient and I spend my life outside and I'm tanned like brown leather.

Wow - how would I know if I am deficient?!

 

[fuentemoon]

Wow - how would I know if I am deficient?!

Dr can test for it.

 

[bruceha2000]

Wow - how would I know if I am deficient?!

Go for a physical, they will do bloodwork and tell you. The first time I showed up deficient it was September and I'd been out a lot during the summer working on the new to us property. Surprised me all to heck.

 

[bruceha2000]

Not a big deal, they have pills for that OTC and not expensive