What your chickens can and can't eat!

[SiDaStuff]

Source, please.

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When birds eat rice, the rice grains can absorb moisture in the bird’s digestive system and swell, potentially causing blockages or other digestive issues12. Rice contains high levels of carbohydrates, which can be a challenge for birds to digest due to their short digestive tracts1. However, the idea that feeding birds rice will cause them to explode is a myth234. In fact, many birds, particularly migratory ones, have rice as a regular part of their diet3.
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Source: Bing. Fewer Sources: chipperbirds.com, birdhour.com, and learnbirdwatching.com

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

so, is this an advertisement?

I think they just pasted from the website for information. I found It valuable!

 

[NatJ]

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When birds eat rice, the rice grains can absorb moisture in the bird’s digestive system and swell, potentially causing blockages or other digestive issues12. Rice contains high levels of carbohydrates, which can be a challenge for birds to digest due to their short digestive tracts1. However, the idea that feeding birds rice will cause them to explode is a myth234. In fact, many birds, particularly migratory ones, have rice as a regular part of their diet3.
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Source: Bing. Fewer Sources: chipperbirds.com, birdhour.com, and learnbirdwatching.com

That would apply to all other grains as well: they absorb moisture and swell, and they contain high levels of carbohydrates.

Is there anything saying that rice behaves differently than other grains, in any way that would matter to a chicken?

 

[Chikenshiken]

That would apply to all other grains as well: they absorb moisture and swell, and they contain high levels of carbohydrates.

Is there anything saying that rice behaves differently than other grains, in any way that would matter to a chicken?

I am wondering the same. We feed our chickens dried corn all the time, dried pellets. I personally soak my pellets (because my chickens kick it out if I don’t ) but if we are talking realistically, pellets swell WAY larger then any grain of rice would ever get

 

[casportpony]

Did you read any of these?

When birds eat rice, the rice grains can absorb moisture in the bird’s digestive system and swell, potentially causing blockages or other digestive issues12.

https://chipperbirds.com/what-happens-when-birds-eat-rice/

Rice contains high levels of carbohydrates, which can be a challenge for birds to digest due to their short digestive tracts1.

https://chipperbirds.com/what-happens-when-birds-eat-rice/

However, the idea that feeding birds rice will cause them to explode is a myth234

https://birdhour.com/what-happens-when-a-bird-eats-rice/

In fact, many birds, particularly migratory ones, have rice as a regular part of their diet3.

https://www.thayerbirding.com/do-birds-explode-when-they-eat-rice/

 

[BDutch]

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When birds eat rice, the rice grains can absorb moisture in the bird’s digestive system and swell, potentially causing blockages or other digestive issues12. Rice contains high levels of carbohydrates, which can be a challenge for birds to digest due to their short digestive tracts1. However, the idea that feeding birds rice will cause them to explode is a myth234. In fact, many birds, particularly migratory ones, have rice as a regular part of their diet3.
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Source: Bing. Fewer Sources: chipperbirds.com, birdhour.com, and learnbirdwatching.com

Bing (AI) just crawls the internet for what is written online. If 100 people have written its wrong to give unboiled rice, and 90 say its okay (including scientific reports with a low SEO) -> Bing is probably telling you it’s dangerous.

Bing is not reliable. Wikipedia is checked by people with no commercial interest.

 

[Perris]

If you want an authoritative answer, you have to look at an authoritative source. Search in the online free access academic journal Poultry Science for answers, rather than in the playground or the sewer.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/poultry-science

 

[Apis mellifera]

In about 2 or 3 months one of my Chanteclers favorite foods will be back. Spring Peepers.

 

[Brooks_]

In about 2 or 3 months one of my Chanteclers favorite foods will back. Spring Peepers.

What's a spring peeper?

 

[Apis mellifera]

What's a spring peeper?

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Spring peeper​

The spring peeper is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and Canada. They prefer permanent ponds due to their advantage in avoiding predation; however, they are very adaptable with respect to the habitat they can live in. In northern regions, the frog is able to endure below freezing temperatures due to the capacity of their livers to exude and flush the bloodstream with a glucose cryoprotectant which acts both as an anti-freeze in their blood, and allows organs like the heart to enter into a state of protected dormancy. They are so called because of their chirping call that marks the beginning of spring. Crucifer is derived from the Latin root meaning "cross-bearing." This could be a reference to the cross-like pattern on the spring peeper's dorsal side. These chirping calls are significant for communication in mating as females choose their mates based on the frequency and volume associated with them.

They should be on the list as a YES.