Feeding Medicated chick feed to vaccinated chicks?

[mrl8810]

I purchased some chicks from Hoover Hachery and they were medicated against mereks and cocci...I've been feeding them regular chick starter...but recently I had someone offer to give me 100 lbs of chick feed. I ask what kind of was and he said it was the 5 lb bags of Manna pro medicated chick feed. He originally pre purchaed the food for chicks that he was going to get but he decided against getting chicks so he told me i could have it. The problem is...my chicks are vaccinated...is it still okay to let my chicks eat this chick start even though its medicated? I don't want to give them too much meds if that's possible since they were vaccinated and now medicated chick feed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[nuthatched]

The medicated feed cancels out the vaccine, but they'll likely be fine if they eat it.

 

[Kiki]

How old is the feed?

 

[mrl8810]

How old is the feed?

He said he bought it back in June

 

[mrl8810]

The medicated feed cancels out the vaccine, but they'll likely be fine if they eat it.

Cancels out the vaccine? Like the shots wouldn't be effective anymore?

 

[Kiki]

He said he bought it back in June

He bought 20 bags of feed without having any chicks?

 

[Kiki]

Cancels out the vaccine? Like the shots wouldn't be effective anymore?

Coccidiosis...have you had issues with it in the past?
Do you have older birds besides your chicks?

 

[mrl8810]

He bought 20 bags of feed without having any chicks?

Apparently. He also bought a kennel to put them in. He said he got it next to nothing price wise.

 

[Kiki]

It's not a cut and dry answer...about the possibility of your chicks getting coccidiosis.
How old are your chicks?

 

[mrl8810]

Coccidiosis...have you had issues with it in the past?
Do you have older birds besides your chicks?

I don’t think I’ve had coccidiosis in the past. We do have older birds but they weren’t ever vaccinated. We had a few die here and there.