Took the advice of neversink7 (see his comments on April 29 blog) and bought some granulated kelp from our local health food store in order to provide more iodine into our birds' diets. It was 44 cents an ounce (no minimum and no shipping charge).
So far, the birds haven't investigated it like they would fresh vegies. Next step will be to try mixing it in with Petamine, a treat they like. He also pointed out that ladygouldian.com carries liquid iodine that can be added to their water. If our birds continue to ignore the granulated kelp, we might order some. We'll see.
Although most of my hens are successful, this year two have had fertile eggs that didn't hatch. Adding iodine may or may not solve the problem. It can't hurt to try.
This came from Canada. I won't buy anything that I know comes from China.
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