Free range Advantages: It's fun and you get to see the chickens run all around. They also eat healthy stuff (and bugs) in the yard. Disadvantages: The mess (droppings plus scratched up plants/grass/yard) is not contained, and the droppings can end up in places like your driveway.
Magnesium deficiency can be associated with malnutrition, malabsorption, chronic diarrhea, and alcoholism. A Magnesium RBC test can provide an earlier indicator of Magnesium deficiency that a standard Magnesium blood test. When levels are low, the body will pull Magnesium from the cells to keep blood levels normal. In this case a Magnesium blood test may show normal levels while a Magnesium RBC test will give a more accurate result.
Among these tests are: 1  hemoglobin electrophoresis to assess hemoglobin levels in your blood. 2  a reticulocyte count to determine if your bone marrow is making red blood cells at the normal rate. 3  serum iron and serum ferritin tests to check the amount of iron in your blood and body.