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My concern is wild birds (pigeons) and I need something that will keep them out of the run while allowing chickens through. There's food in the run, so I'm not yet convinced the chain curtain will work, but it seems like the best option at this time. Treadle feeders + chain curtain might be...

Isn't it. The moment I saw it on Perris's coops, it lodged in my memory as a novel idea worth thinking about.

Great, thanks. I'll try it.

@Perris I have a question about your coops. I once saw a photo of the coops and there was chain hanging in the doorways, presumably to keep wild birds out. Is that why? Is it effective? I may give it a try.

Very interesting. The translation was a bit word salad at times, but I think I understood the main theme. It's a shame vested interests got in the way of science. It's like cigarettes all over again.

I would. I have a lot to learn in this field with no time to apply myself.

Quantum computing will be of enormous benefit to AI. It's important we get AI right before quantum comes in. Not much point in super-charging something that doesn't work very well. Apologies for going off topic.

I don't have expertise on nutrition to contribute, but the vet I take the hens to recommends cottage cheese for methionine. I believe it carries other amino acids too. It's added to evening mash to benefit a hen who had hepatic lipidosis.

Isn't that the same article Perris shared a couple of days ago on this thread? I recall reading about gut mucus emulsifying and wondering why no one had connected those dots before now. Hey, let's eat emulsifiers! Later: Oh no my gut mucus is emulsifying. Hmmm I wonder why....

This comment is rather tangential to diet, but one detail I learned from the vet was that when chickens have a blocked gut, they eat and eat and eat and they eat all sorts of things they wouldn't normally consume. It's because they're trying to get their digestion going but what happens is their...

Thanks!

Excuse my ignorance, what's the difference between micro and macro nutrients? I'm assuming there's a difference. I'm genuinely naive in this area.

15g doesn't seem like much?

I just clicked informative while chowing down on a packet of crisps! :gig But seriously, crisps are not among my favourite/frequent foods.