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What's Wrong With The Chicken Feed? People Are Reporting That Their Chickens Have Stopped Laying Eggs, And Their Feed Might Be The Reason Why
Evie ^ | 1/25/23 | NICOLE DOMINIQUE

Posted on 01/30/2023 2:40:36 PM PST by EBH

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To: RoosterRedux
You're good.

:)

61 posted on 01/30/2023 3:48:29 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: 2nd Amendment

I also threatened mine. Told them I would make wings and picken chicken. I didn’t suspect the food and only bought it cause it was a few bucks cheaper. It was odd.


62 posted on 01/30/2023 3:49:58 PM PST by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
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To: Leep

The chickens are holding out for $10 a dozen to cash in...


63 posted on 01/30/2023 3:54:09 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I eat two dozen a week...


64 posted on 01/30/2023 3:57:49 PM PST by EEGator
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To: CJ Wolf

Just hire Frankie and Bing.
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65 posted on 01/30/2023 3:58:05 PM PST by CTyank
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To: EBH

BioTech has your cure, you just need their ‘better’ chickens.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2230617-crispr-edited-chickens-made-resistant-to-a-common-virus/#:~:text=CRISPR%20genome%20editing%20has%20been,avian%20leukosis%20virus%20(ALV).


66 posted on 01/30/2023 3:58:55 PM PST by M_Continuum
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To: EBH

Chickens always slow or stop their egg laying when the days become short. This is not new.


67 posted on 01/30/2023 4:05:44 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: EBH
Not an expert, but I do recall reading that chickens were designed to eat bugs, not grain.

Of all the grain I know to avoid, corn is at the top of the list (way too much omega 6). (Wheat is not your friend either, but that's for a different thread.)

As I can, I also avoid GMO Frankenstein foods, including modified grains.

Might the hens have been fed GMO garbage, and could that affect their endocrine systems?

68 posted on 01/30/2023 4:06:13 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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To: EBH

You think eggs are expensive ... wait until you fertilize one


69 posted on 01/30/2023 4:08:52 PM PST by KingLudd
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To: EBH

notice some call it chicken feed, some call it chicken food.


70 posted on 01/30/2023 4:09:26 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: gundog

Most likely...the folks they interview don’t sound too bright.


71 posted on 01/30/2023 4:09:33 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Seaplaner

This is the same protocol my wife follows. The ladies are still laying.


72 posted on 01/30/2023 4:11:10 PM PST by M_Continuum
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To: maddog55

I have noticed the same. DuMOR from TSC. I have switched to a feed made locally a few days ago and it is two soon to say but I had twice as many eggs today.

Whatever is happening to my layers is not the same as their normal winter, post molt slowdown. I use a coop light to add a few extra hours, they are free range + feed + mealworms. I’ve been raising chickens for 12 years.


73 posted on 01/30/2023 4:11:38 PM PST by LilFarmer
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To: EBH

It’s possible.

Anything is these days.

However, it is also winter and the days are shorter and chickens always let up on egg laying for a few months in winter.


74 posted on 01/30/2023 4:27:17 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: blackdog
Chickens are voracious eaters.

They will eat anything you put in front of them except bones and some veggie rinds/skins. Although I am not positive they eat onions though. Growing up, all the table scraps went into the chicken pen, especially eggshells.

75 posted on 01/30/2023 4:27:33 PM PST by thescourged1
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To: maddog55
Unfortunately, I can confirm the same rumors from Oregon and my Family there.

I was sorry to hear this, as I like Tractor Supply, and buy regularly, but I don't have chickens.

76 posted on 01/30/2023 4:28:41 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Mariner
Can you front me $500?

I'm broke, I just paid $5.99 for a dozen eggs.

77 posted on 01/30/2023 4:32:59 PM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: EBH

From China?


78 posted on 01/30/2023 4:39:42 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: M_Continuum

LOL, thanks for the chuckle my good FRiend.


79 posted on 01/30/2023 4:40:09 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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To: EBH

My chickens have been virtually shut down in Egg Production since October.


80 posted on 01/30/2023 4:41:17 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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