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[FirewifeJess]

Do any of you guys use the "Ovations" thing on here? It's pretty cool! It's the thumbs up symbol at the bottom of the posts; I never knew I had ever gotten any ovations but I just checked and I have 6! I'm gonna start using it more, it's a really nice feature; also, now I have a way of bookmarking posts that are helpful to me.

 

[Rainwolf]

Ive never heard that chickens are lactose intolerant?

 A lot of people give them yogurt. 
I heard it straight from the mouth of a poultry scientist.

Yogurt is used to reset the intestines bacteria, It can cause the runs for a little bit but then balances out to normal. Mainly it is not the milk from yogurt but the cheap way to feed your birds Probiotics etc...

Probiotics have been defined as 'a live microbial feed supplement which beneficially affects the host animal by improving its intestinal balance' (Fuller, 1989). The probiotic mode of action is by 'competitive exclusion', meaning there is competition for attachment sites in the GIT. The bacteria of the probiotic attach to the intestinal mucosa, thereby forming a physical barrier that blocks the attachment of pathogenic bacteria (Furlan, 2005). They also produce antibacterial compounds and enzymes and stimulate the immune system.

Prebiotics are defined as non-digestible food ingredients that beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon (Gibson and Roberfroid, 1995). The most common prebiotics are oligosaccharides, which are non-digestible carbohydrates. The way in which prebiotics act is by (1) supplying nutrients to beneficial microbes, or (2) tricking pathogenic bacteria into attaching to the oligosaccharide rather than to the intestinal mucosa. This reduces the intestinal colonization thereby decreasing the incidence of infection in the birds. Because the oligosaccharide is non-digestible, the microbes that are attached will travel along the GIT with the ingesta, and are excreted from the bird along with other undigested food.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1108/the-use-of-probiotics-and-prebiotics-in-poultry-feeds

 

[Rainwolf]

also found a good info site on chickens...
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/tech_info.html#management
bunch of PDF's with info on various poultry things.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Quote: Actually, darlin' , S/C would be single comb, not standard comb...

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: CR, if you find your phone, get a different case and CHANGE your ring tone!

You think someone would learn from the first time this happened.

Hope you find it!
I plan to make some changes IF I find it. YES yes yes I know some of us are SLLOOOOOWW learnerz!!!

I have a bright pink Motorolla Razor that I have left over from when we switched carriers, if you need a phone.

Well DD came over this morning. She walked right out in the field and picked up my phone.

BUT you have a bright PINK one.


I would LIKE a pink phone. I WANT a pink phone. I NEED a pink phone. I MUST HAVE a pink phone. Plotting a phone rustling trip!!!!

 

[chickenjane82]

Anyone else have molting going on right now??
Between the roosters and the molting all of my birds look horrible.

 

[chickenjane82]

Yes, I read another study that says yogurt in small amounts, or probiotics is good for chickens.

Im a drop host for a dairy and the owner told me she gives her chickens raw milk everyday.

 

[FirewifeJess]

I would LIKE a pink phone. I WANT a pink phone. I NEED a pink phone. I MUST HAVE a pink hone. Plotting a phone rustling trip!!!!

I have a pink phone. It's an iphone4 with a pink cover

 

[FirewifeJess]

Went to check for eggs around 11 thinking there'd be one or two...for the first time ever we got 3 eggs, all in the same nest! I hope there's more later, that would be so cool! The most we've ever had is 3 in one day.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote:

I have a pink phone. It's an iphone4 with a pink cover

One should be careful bragging about such. Someone may plot to steal it from ya!!!!