I have read on here that milk is not good and don't give it to my girls...but for the life of me can't remember why! I am sure some one will be a long with the answer and enlighten both of us.
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jackian wrote:I have read on here that milk is not good and don't give it to my girls...but for the life of me can't remember why! I am sure some one will be a long with the answer and enlighten both of us.
Ditto me, but I can offer no enlightenment..... I will await a wise one
jackian wrote:I have read on here that milk is not good and don't give it to my girls...but for the life of me can't remember why! I am sure some one will be a long with the answer and enlighten both of us.
Ditto me, but I can offer no enlightenment..... I will await a wise one
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its about being unable to digest the lactose and it also gives them diahhorea other than that i cant remember
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Probably something to do with the enzymes required to digest milk... or indeed the lack of them. Not a foodstuff that chooks have evolved to exploit in the wild so they wouldn’t have acquired the ability to digest it. As mammals we are born able to digest milk, it’s part of our survival strategy; many people from cultures where milk has been exploited for tens of thousands of year retain the ability into adulthood whereas those from cultures that haven’t tend not to. Anyway a bit off topic but that is most likely why.
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saint-spoon wrote:Probably something to do with the enzymes required to digest milk... or indeed the lack of them. Not a foodstuff that chooks have evolved to exploit in the wild so they wouldn’t have acquired the ability to digest it. As mammals we are born able to digest milk, it’s part of our survival strategy; many people from cultures where milk has been exploited for tens of thousands of year retain the ability into adulthood whereas those from cultures that haven’t tend not to. Anyway a bit off topic but that is most likely why.
I'm a bit confused by the 'no dairy'. I get that they can't digest milk but we're encouraged to give them non bio yoghurt to help their insides. Is that not a dairy delated product??
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KathJ wrote:I'm a bit confused by the 'no dairy'. I get that they can't digest milk but we're encouraged to give them non bio yoghurt to help their insides. Is that not a dairy delated product??
You are correct of course and I imagine the illegality is just because it has been swept up in the general term of animal by-product to stop the feeding of swill, restaurant left-overs etc.
Rules are sometimes made to be broken though, and after any animal has been on broad range antibiotics they may be low on both good bacteria which break down food in the gut as well as, hopefully, clear of the pathogenic or disease causing bad bacteria. Proper pro-biotic yoghurt is just an easy way to help replenish the good bugs. Don't use cheap fruit youghurt - use plain yogurt containing LIVE bifidobacterium, lactobacillus acidophyls and streptococcus thermophillus, and have some yourself too. It is in every supermarket
Alternatively, ask the vet for 'Beryls Friendly Bacteria' distributed by 'The Chicken Vet' - just google that for info. This is bound to better I suppose and can't be expensive as our bill for consultation, AB's and this treatment was only £28.
I am no expert and only repeating what I have read and told by a vet so do you own research of course, Can't say I noticed any difference with our hen but were keen to try anything to help her
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other than that i cant remember 
