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  • in reply to: Efficiency of vaccines through water #5434
    Happiness Umutoni
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    The reality tells a different story. Some research shows that the results of drinking water vaccination against Gumboro (IBD) at many farms does not meet the required coverage of 95+%. In reality about 27% of the birds were not vaccinated at all and almost 30% did not receive enough vaccine or not at the right time.

    in reply to: Efficiency of vaccines through water #5433
    Happiness Umutoni
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    Water is the most important nutrient for any living species. Providing water requires a watering system which has been made out of material that can be easily cleaned and maintained. It is often thought that this system will cut labor costs and once you have it installed nothing can go wrong.

    in reply to: Do we have any cases of barren chicken? #5432
    Happiness Umutoni
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    I would say that it would be kinda hard for a chicken to be barren in the way that you are using it. A hen is like a woman, but instead of having “monthlies” a hen has “dailys” or at the most “weeklies” so, a barren woman typically still ovulates, but just doesn’t get pregnant, a hen not laying eggs isn’t ovulating either which should indicate a problem.
    Now, being a late bloomer makes sense, but not living a life without ovulating (though it would be awesome if that could work with people)

    in reply to: Do eggs absorb odors from their surrounding? #5431
    Happiness Umutoni
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    Eggs have the ability to absorbs odors from foods with strong smells. Eggs have over 17,000 pores in the the outer shell. They easily absorb strong odors from other foods. Eggs should always be kept covered when in a confined place, like the refrigerator.

    in reply to: How do Sheep relate to other farm mammals? #5430
    Happiness Umutoni
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    Sheep can live with goats on the same pasture, provided that they have ample space to avoid each other if they choose, with one major caveat: goats can eat minerals formulated for sheep, but sheep can not have access to minerals formulated for goats; minerals for goats have copper supplemented in them, and sheep are highly susceptible to copper toxicity.

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