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Can I eat the eggs from my chicken who is being treated with BlueKote?

Discussion in 'Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying' started by ButtersMama, Sep 23, 2011.

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  1. Sep 23, 2011 #1
    ButtersMama

    ButtersMama Chillin' With My Peeps

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    One of my 5 chickens started moulting. She has a bare spot and another chicken was pecking at her back and I saw a open sore. I asked an employee at TSC and she told me to buy Blue Kote. Now my husband asks if it is safe to eat the eggs? I did a search and there are conflicting answers to my question.

    What do you all do in this situation?

    If I shouldn't eat them...what do I do? I can't sit and watch in the window who is in the nesting box.

    Thanks for your input! I really appreciate all of you.

    PS...I've only treated her once. Should I stop?
     
    Last edited: Sep 23, 2011
  3. Sep 23, 2011 #2
    TwoCrows

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    I have used bluekote plenty of times on my chickens and quail. I have afterwards eaten their eggs with no ill effects. I actually never gave it any thought really, being so topical. I do know that things absorb in thru the skin, but I personally will keep using it and eating my eggs.

    I guess only time will tell if I start developing some cancerous boil somewhere on my body. [​IMG]

    Bluekote is not USDA approved for human use, although many products for animals aren't and I don't think anyone will apply it to themselves or eat it. The warnings on the bottle say "not for use on animals used for meat". Well, if you were treating, say a wound on a chicken comb, and you are not going to eat that comb, then I would think the eggs would be ok. My personal opinion.
     

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