" Jill" <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Christina Websell wrote:
>
>>>
>>> For yours [age and productivity now] its probably okay but for
>>> birds in production, even pure breeds, that would cause fatty liver
>>> syndrome. Its slow but fatal
>>
>> I disagree,
>
> Its a known fact with many research projects over many generations to
> prove it.
>
> Highly productive strains of chickens, particularly the commercial, but
> including the pure breeds, cannot process larger amounts of wheat. [or
any
> high carb / high fat diet]
>
> Fatty liver is a well researched condition, which 'can' affect all birds
> but its particularly an issue the more productive the birds.
> Having seen what happens to the liver in post mortem, yucky gooey soft
and
> squi****ng, and seen the hard fat deposits that the body has put down in
an
> effort to handle the fat overload, I would not want to inflict it on
> birds, and its something to guard against for string laying strains.
>
> If you have found something that works for your birds its great, my
> warning was simply that this is not a good feeding regime to choose for
> good productive birds in general
>
I would not do this if I had had hybrids, Jill. My experience has been
since the late 70's that pure breeds do not suffer if if there is some
wheat
mixed with their layers pellets. I think that's long enough to get an
idea if that's okay. Your view obviously differs.
There is no fat overload on my birds, no fatty liver, they do not need a
post mortem as mainly they die of old age 10+ and they often lay now and
again until this age.
Tina
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