wind chill ~ single digets ~need warming foods

[Duramaxgirl]

Wow 60 mph winds! That's nuts!
8° here and about 15 MPH winds. We put a radiant heater in both coops till this weather passes. Looks to be warming up end of the week. I also have been giving them sun flower Seeds as a treat.

 

[LynneP]

Warm porridge...

 

[Keri78]

I always take a huge pot of hot water out once in the morning and once again around dinnertime. I pour the very very hot water right on top of their frozen water buckets and it melts the ice a bit and it takes a little longer for the bucket to re-freeze. Plus the warm water helps...i think???

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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Actually you do NOT want to add oils to increase the heat of digestion. Adding oil/fat to a monogastric's diet does two things. First it reduces feed intake since chickens and pigs have an innate ability to regulate their energy intake. Secondly, fat is easily metabolized and doesn't provide the "heat of digestion" that would be realized from the digestion of carbohydrates.

Jim

 

[ZombieChickens]

One chilly evening I took some lefltover Beef/veg soup out of the fridge, heated it up with a handful of oats and a sprinkle of grits. They loved me.....

 

[centrarchid]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

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Actually you do NOT want to add oils to increase the heat of digestion. Adding oil/fat to a monogastric's diet does two things. First it reduces feed intake since chickens and pigs have an innate ability to regulate their energy intake. Secondly, fat is easily metabolized and doesn't provide the "heat of digestion" that would be realized from the digestion of carbohydrates.

Jim

Heat of digestion concept out of context with cold stressed poultry. Ingested oil not intended to increase heat increment associated with digestion. Heat production associated with "heat of digestion" / "heat increment" works great on larger animals but cold stressed small animals do better to generate heat energy in muscle and fat cells (if latter brown adipose). Cold stressed animals will have increased need for energy causing reset of regulatory mechanisms associated with energy intake. When cold they will consume more. Key point to consider, fat contains 2.5 times as much energy by weight as does carbohydrates. I am a monogastric nutritionist.​

 

[woodmort]

Wind chill temperatures should not be a problem if your birds are out of the wind--this made up reading is designed for bare, exposed skin and to scare the beejeepeers out of people plus make the TV weatherpeople get all excited. It is the real temperature that you have to consider. Just keep the chickens inside and control the temperature there. If the real temperature is that low then feed some scratch/BOSS in the evening before they go to roost and they'll be fine.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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I hope this is not the start of a big pissing match, but I am a Monogastric Nutritionist too.

Jim

 

[chuckzoo]

Boiled soy beans. Apparently you have to soak them overnight and boil for 15 mins to get rid of the chemical that causes stomach problems (this is what I have read).

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

What about adding cayenne pepper to the mash?Wait I just remembered that a web site has a recipe for Cyclone Cider.
ck out www.seramas.com/cider.