
30/06/2025
Time to start thinking about springtime nutrition levels and getting the girls ( and roosters ) as healthy as you can before laying and hatching kicks off.
Healthy chicks don't just happen. Your hens need to be in the best health to produce healthy chicks.
Poor overall health and nutrition can result in the following...
* Poor fertility of roosters
* Poor laying production or egg shell production
* Low fertile rate in eggs
* Weak embryo resulting in death early on when hatching
* Weak chick emergence at hatching ( pending hatching parameters are correct )
* Poor robustness of chicks post hatching
* Weak immunity and succumb easily to diseases in environment
* Low immunity in hens/roosters harbouring parasites, underlying disease.
An interesting study found birds that ate a healthy range of vitamins, minerals, nutrients, electrolytes including Diatomaceous Earth ( High Food Grade contains over 70 beneficial minerals ), were able to fight off parasitism to a much higher degree vs birds that were not in good general health. It was not due to any abrasive effect of DE which people claimed for a long while ( a claim that was unsubstantiated in trials), but the fact that the Algal Diatoms and surrounding minerals were paramount in making those birds immune systems much healthier and therefore, being able to fight off infections and diseases to a much higher level.
Want to get your birds healthy and ready to lay?
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Start your season off right...
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