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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee
Lately I have been working on a really tough assignment that involves the design of a psychological experiment. Wow, I did not think it would make my head hurt. It was due at 1 pm today and it is still not complete.
Controlling for extraneous variables is very hard. Confounds, confounds and more confounds.
I am in Canada. Brrrrrr.
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I've been thinking about this too. I'm raising this batch of chicks. My fifth and largest batch so far. Ten chicks. And I've mixed buttermilk with their feed, and I swear they're growing faster than any of the previous batches. So, I'm thinking next time I'll split the group in two - feed one group buttermilk and the other, not. Like you say, though, confounding factors.
Btw, I got the idea for buttermilk from this old 1925 article about using buttermilk to treat coccidiosis. They mention in passing that the buttermilk makes them grow faster. So, I bought some buttermilk and started giving it to them. They love it. But I found out that what we call buttermilk now isn't what they called buttermilk in 1925. Live and learn.
Personally I'm holding Canada responsible for the cold air here in Kansas. This is definitely Canadian air.
