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As in the above post or on the fact that feather meal is not completely indigestible as you contend?

Here you go DD1

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/59572912/Feather-meal-for-fish-feed

cheers

re NOAA Aquaculture, wow lots there

for example
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture/faqs/faq_feeds.html

for example
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aquaculture/funding/funding.html

financing for aquaculture, high priority, it is last year, but now its this year

Thanks Paul. So, it appears that feathers are abundantly available and "they" are searching for a use. The conclusion is that feather meal is not suitable for fish.

Cecil, I just didn't understand the post. Maybe I'm getting too old to understand complex ideas.

Dave Cecil was referring to his Quoted response from the Dr. Basically saying chicken feathers ARE digestable not INdigestable. And in some cases up to 60-70%

Digestability of proteins and possibly other nutrients in chicken feathers depends of how the feathers are processed as per Dr. Mark Griffin from Purina. Proper processing including correct temperature increases digestability.

So would the processed feathers be categorized as protein on the bag's label?

Also, has anybody bought any fish food yet this year? I was curious if the prices had changed. I'm glad my CNBG don't like milk.

Yeah, but the conclusions, as I understood them, from the article that Paul(andemann) posted don't go very far in agreeing with that idea.

I personally wonder if the high cost of Menhaden might influence the need for a more affordable/marketable option. Something like Hershey Kisses now being made of corn syrup instead of chocolate.