The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

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4 days old

 

[cmom]

4 days old

Mine hatch next week.

 

[FourShuesFarm]

Week 7 and they look good. Some Crooked toes (riboflavin deficiency?)

 

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Week 7 and they look good. Some Crooked toes (riboflavin deficiency?)

Sounds like you may have a case of curled toe paralysis. It's best to treat when they are very young, but it can't hurt if you give them a B12 supplement. Just be sure it's in it's purest form, and not synthetic.

 

[cmom]

My chicks are due to hatch in a couple of days. First hatch for this year.

 

[cmom]

Week 7 and they look good. Some Crooked toes (riboflavin deficiency?)

but I am a chicken lover.

 

[gojira]

Sounds like you may have a case of curled toe paralysis. It's best to treat when they are very young, but it can't hurt if you give them a B12 supplement. Just be sure it's in it's purest form, and not synthetic. 

It does not look like curled toe paralysis. If it were, what good would giving vitamin B12 do? Curled toe paralysis is a vitamin B2 or riboflavin deficiency. Also, a natural source of Vitamin B12 is raw liver, but it takes a lot of raw liver to get a little vitamin B12. The synthetics are derived to make supplementation easier. I have heard the stories of people having to eat large amounts of raw liver. Not fun.

 

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It does not look like curled toe paralysis. If it were, what good would giving vitamin B12 do? Curled toe paralysis is a vitamin B2 or riboflavin deficiency. Also, a natural source of Vitamin B12 is raw liver, but it takes a lot of raw liver to get a little vitamin B12. The synthetics are derived to make supplementation easier. I have heard the stories of people having to eat large amounts of raw liver. Not fun.

I stand corrected. Didn't notice I'd typed B12. Yes, B2 will provide Riboflavin. While synthetics make supplementation easier, they also consume other resources when converting them to a usable state. As for me eating raw liver? Not going to happen...

 

[gojira]

I stand corrected. Didn't notice I'd typed B12. Yes, B2 will provide Riboflavin. While synthetics make supplementation easier, they also consume other resources when converting them to a usable state. As for me eating raw liver? Not going to happen...

Are you talking about synthetic vitamins or synthetic nutrients in general? Many synthetics do not have to be converted, and some nutrients have additional benefits due to the conversions. Many nutrients from natural sources require conversion to a useable form. That is why nutritionists have to look at bioavalability.

 

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Are you talking about synthetic vitamins or synthetic nutrients in general? Many synthetics do not have to be converted, and some nutrients have additional benefits due to the conversions. Many nutrients from natural sources require conversion to a useable form. That is why nutritionists have to look at bioavalability.

Synthetic vitamin B2... or synthetic vitamins in general. Here's the reasoning for my previous comment:

Many synthetic vitamins lack the transporters and co-factors associated with naturally occurring vitamins because they have been “isolated.” The Organic Consumers Association emphasizes that isolated vitamins cannot be used or recognized by the body in the same way as the natural version.
The natural form come in packages with other vitamins, enzymes and minerals that control the way the body recognizes, metabolizes and uses them to make what it needs.
Isolated vitamins can’t always be used by the body, and are either stored until you obtain or create the nutrients required to use them effectively or are excreted. Synthetic vitamins are also devoid of necessary trace minerals and must use the body’s own mineral reserves which may lead to dangerous mineral deficiencies.