The Effect of Magnesium in Limestone on the Growth and Tibia Ash of Chicks

Magnesium in Limestones for Laying Chickens

“…In another paper, Mehring (1965) reported on the effects of limestones of varying content of magnesium as sources of calcium in the diet of chicks to eight weeks of age, and he noted that slightly wetter excreta were produced by the chicks that were fed the diet containing the highest level of magnesium of 6,805 p.p.m. (5,000 p.p.m.…”