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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 1427200" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>Cottonseed meal contains some gossypol (not as much as it use to) and In laying hens, gossypol reduces feed intake and efficiency and leads to decreased egg production and weight gain. Gossypol also adversely affects egg quality, leading to yolk discoloration (olive color). Although low-gossypol cottonseed meals reduce these effects, the CPFAs in cottonseed oil result in yolk mottling. So cottonseed meal should not be fed to hens while laying... AND it's simply not the quality source of protein as soybean meal/fish meal/ or corn gluten meal. All high quality poultry rations use one or all of these better protein sources. I'm sure there will always be exceptions to the "egg quantity" as you said yours layed very good. As in all things as long as your happy what I think is insignificant really doesn't matter. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 1427200, member: 6897"] Cottonseed meal contains some gossypol (not as much as it use to) and In laying hens, gossypol reduces feed intake and efficiency and leads to decreased egg production and weight gain. Gossypol also adversely affects egg quality, leading to yolk discoloration (olive color). Although low-gossypol cottonseed meals reduce these effects, the CPFAs in cottonseed oil result in yolk mottling. So cottonseed meal should not be fed to hens while laying... AND it's simply not the quality source of protein as soybean meal/fish meal/ or corn gluten meal. All high quality poultry rations use one or all of these better protein sources. I'm sure there will always be exceptions to the "egg quantity" as you said yours layed very good. As in all things as long as your happy what I think is insignificant really doesn't matter. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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