Should confined layers have extra vitamin D?

[LaFleche]

Just saw this next post - a good point! I expect they'll ignore my email too.

Probably, but at least you got it off your chest.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Thanks for your input, this is helpful! I hadn't even considered that about blind chickens. I think it's a shame that people don't recognise the various effects (and benefits) of sunlight upon our feathered friends.


Thank you. I am really interested to hear that you are supplementing vitamins whilst your flock are confined as well. There is no guidance here at all, at least not that I have seen, and I believe that most chicken-keepers have not even considered it. I have actually written to DEFRA about it, what a nerd.

My kind of nerd!