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How Seaweed Feed Supplements Can Improve Chicken Winter Care

How Seaweed Feed Supplements Can Improve Chicken Winter Care

 

This year, meteorologists aren’t dreaming of a white Christmas. Much of the United States will be either experiencing prolonged dry or wet periods with a low amount of snow. Even if this winter is milder, sudden cold snaps can cause grief for poultry producers. In normal circumstances, chickens can handle some amount of cold by […]

 

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Adding Omega-3 to Chicken Feed with Seaweed Improves Bird Health

How Adding Omega-3 to Chicken Feed Improves Their Health and Nutrition

 

  With very few exceptions, chickens can (and shamelessly will) eat almost anything. The challenge for commercial farmers is less about avoiding toxic food, but finding nutrients in the right proportion for optimum health. One ongoing debate revolves around the quantity of polysaturated fatty acids to include in your flock’s diet. In the right amounts, […]

 

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Is Seaweed the Answer to Commercial Poultry Disease Prevention?

Is Seaweed the Answer to Commercial Poultry Disease Prevention?

 

  From the moment eggs hatch, poultry pick up bacteria from their surroundings, their feed and the people handling them. Much of that bacteria ends up in their GI system, multiplying until they’ve colonized every part of it from the esophagus and the crop to the intestines and cloaca. If commercial farmers are lucky, most […]

 

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