bald9eagle ... Yep, we did not do our homework before using the chicket litter. The supplier swears up and down that it is not coming breeding or laying houses. It is coming from houses wehre chicks are being fed up to be transferred to fryer houses. Supposedly the idea being that the parasite does not have time to develop. We are not willing to take the risk. For sure the stuff worked great as far as fertilizing.

I am not one for more regulations but seems it woudl benefit the poutlry business if there were parasite free litter abvailable.

More than any thing else it was the lack of Jakes that surprised me. This spring, I bet I saw a hundred hens, probably 2 dozen long beards but only a few Jakes. Last fall there were groups of hens running in the 20' - 30' count seen all across the property. I had one string of 37 ease by me early one morning. The largest group of Tom's I saw last fall numbered 9 .... but they were all studs. I am 99% certain the big double bearded one was the same one I called up for my buddy.

Next spring may tell. We'll see.