Can I eat eggs from hens that have eaten medicated chick feed?

[Zaxby's2]

Okay, so I've been giving my hens starter/grower feed along with oyster grit, and it's worked great. Yesterday we accidentely got the wrong bag of feed, and it's medicated starter/grower. It says the active drug ingredient is bacitracin methylene disalicylate. I have no idea what that means. Can we eat the eggs from our hens if they eat this?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I bought some hens and feed bags came with them. I have been mixing in the chick starter in small (very small) quantities to get rid of it but not risking our health.

Just what I am doing. I mix my own feed and don't like the commercial stuff usually unless it is organic!

 

[AccentOnHakes]

Purina says that you will be fine, that amprolium stays in the gut and does not get into the eggs. Do you trust them?

 

[Zaxby's2]

I guess so.

Is that what the medication in my bag of feed is?

 

[Ksane]

It's safe enough for tiny baby chickens, it better be safe enough for you to eat the eggs.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

There does not appear to be a withdrawal period.

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/tex...ode=21:6.0.1.1.18&idno=21#21:6.0.1.1.18.2.1.5

Go ahead and use it up.

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

Zaxby's2 :

Okay, so I've been giving my hens starter/grower feed along with oyster grit, and it's worked great. Yesterday we accidentely got the wrong bag of feed, and it's medicated starter/grower. It says the active drug ingredient is bacitracin methylene disalicylate. I have no idea what that means. Can we eat the eggs from our hens if they eat this?

I checked that Feed Additive Compendium, there is no withdrawal period for Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate (BMD) in laying hens fed between 4 and 25 grams per ton. Higher levels are approved for use in broilers and replacement pullets.

Jim​

 

[BoltonChicken]

No problem. Go ahead and eat 'em!

 

[Zaxby's2]

Yay! Thanks, this is great news.

 

[Hennypenny1984]

Zaxby's2 :​

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Okay, so I've been giving my hens starter/grower feed along with oyster grit, and it's worked great. Yesterday we accidentely got the wrong bag of feed, and it's medicated starter/grower. It says the active drug ingredient is bacitracin methylene disalicylate. I have no idea what that means. Can we eat the eggs from our hens if they eat this?​

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I checked that Feed Additive Compendium, there is no withdrawal period for Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate (BMD) in laying hens fed between 4 and 25 grams per ton. Higher levels are approved for use in broilers and replacement pullets.​

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Jim​

Commonly known as BMD.

Zaxby's2 :​

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Okay, so I've been giving my hens starter/grower feed along with oyster grit, and it's worked great. Yesterday we accidentely got the wrong bag of feed, and it's medicated starter/grower. It says the active drug ingredient is bacitracin methylene disalicylate. I have no idea what that means. Can we eat the eggs from our hens if they eat this?​

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I checked that Feed Additive Compendium, there is no withdrawal period for Bacitracin Methylene Disalicylate (BMD) in laying hens fed between 4 and 25 grams per ton. Higher levels are approved for use in broilers and replacement pullets.​

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Jim​