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Post by horses7 on Mar 18, 2009 21:49:22 GMT 8
was talking to another breeder the other day and he commented that if there is iron in the chooks water it inhibits their growth, has anyone heard this or can confirm that it is correct
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Post by lakelands on Mar 19, 2009 15:24:43 GMT 8
Well I never heard of that. The bore water out here in Gnangara has quite a high iron content and all my chooks drink it. (with a weekly top up of fresh tap water) Doesn't seem to affect them. I do get the bare shoulders that Mike was talking about but I put that down to those chicks mostly turning out to be roos... so I don't know. Also my OH grew up on a chook farm just up the road from where we now live (yucky battery style egg farm) and all the chooks got there was bore water. Mind you we all know what those chooks look like but I doubt that has anything to do with the water either. Oh and my mother in law worked at inghams chicken farm in Wanneroo (meat birds) also fed lovely bore water which I also assume is high in iron and they grow just fine. (again poor bird horrible conditions)
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Post by rap on Mar 19, 2009 15:58:07 GMT 8
We only have bore water here where i live with high iron content. The poultry and everyone else all have to drink it.Read somewhere high amounts of iron possibly retards growth in chickens,and possible link to diabetes risk in humans.
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Post by mandimoo on Mar 20, 2009 8:56:58 GMT 8
We have bore water on our farm too,very high iron, the irrigators are black from it. Would be interesting to find out if anyone knows anything about the iron affecting chickens. All my chickens are fine and they only drink bore water, hopefully it doesnt affect them. Our cows also drink it. Might have to start reading up on it.
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Post by rap on Mar 20, 2009 10:41:51 GMT 8
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Post by beck on Mar 20, 2009 13:50:08 GMT 8
Hmm that is so weird i wonder if it does make a difference i have scheme water but i never thought so many of you would have bore water !!! lots of people used to have it years ago and you never hear of too many of them getting sick !!!
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