PhilChicken
In the Brooder
- Mar 15, 2021
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Hi all!
I’m new to raising chickens, my father recently bought 30+ chickens and somehow I became their caretaker
We have a large backyard lot so the chickens have made it their home, day by day looking after the chickens becomes easier and I’ll admit they’re growing on me.
Towards the end of February some of the chickens got hit with fowl pox and coryza, I was able to separate those birds and give them Doxycycline and Colistin medicine that’s added to their drinking water, as a precaution I decided to give this to the whole flock and I followed the advice of chicken supply shop for 1-2 weeks.. Most of the sick/symptomatic chickens recovered but unfortunately 3 didn’t make it.
To my surprise one of my hens in the coop of healthy chickens just laid eggs this morning and probably yesterday since the others are dirty
However I have doubts about whether the eggs are safe for consumption as I read both online and on the medicine sachet that Doxcycline and Colistin aren’t recommended for egg laying hens...
Please advise me what to do and should I stop giving the antibiotics by now and how long to wait until the eggs are safe? Thank you in advance!!
attached pics are the eggs and some of my girls! They’re native Philippine Chickens. The brand of medicine I used was mainly AQUADOX and then Resbac in the beginning..
I’m new to raising chickens, my father recently bought 30+ chickens and somehow I became their caretaker

Towards the end of February some of the chickens got hit with fowl pox and coryza, I was able to separate those birds and give them Doxycycline and Colistin medicine that’s added to their drinking water, as a precaution I decided to give this to the whole flock and I followed the advice of chicken supply shop for 1-2 weeks.. Most of the sick/symptomatic chickens recovered but unfortunately 3 didn’t make it.
To my surprise one of my hens in the coop of healthy chickens just laid eggs this morning and probably yesterday since the others are dirty

Please advise me what to do and should I stop giving the antibiotics by now and how long to wait until the eggs are safe? Thank you in advance!!
attached pics are the eggs and some of my girls! They’re native Philippine Chickens. The brand of medicine I used was mainly AQUADOX and then Resbac in the beginning..