Medicated or non medicated?

[casportpony]

This is misinformation! Some feeds *are* medicated with antibiotics.


-Kathy

Which specifically? None of the ones available at the feed stores I frequent have anything but amprolium in them.

Tractor Supply sells one with tetracycline, and some mills sell starter feeds with bacitracin.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Look at the ingredients in this company's starter:
http://associatedfeed.com/products.html

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

http://www.mannapro.com/products/poultry/aureomycin/

-Kathy

 

[dawg53]

Quote:

Again, medicated chicken feeds do not contain antibiotics. People need to stop spreading this nonsense.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/15/poultry-farms-antibiotics-chickens_n_5822438.html

 

[CrazyTalk]

http://www.mannapro.com/products/poultry/aureomycin/

-Kathy

Alright, so a handful of very specialty feeds have actual antibiotics. I've never seen any of these at actual feed stores.

 

[junebuggena]

Never seen any of those at my local feed stores either. It seems like those are feeds for commercial producers, not marketed to the smaller scale flocks. Also, it never hurts to actually read the labels and know what's in your chosen feed.

 

[WthrLady]

I did their first bag medicated and non medicated after that.

same here

I can't stand the smell of their droppings when they are on medicated.

But when that bag is gone, the get probiotics and non medicated grower.

 

[dawg53]

Never seen any of those at my local feed stores either. It seems like those are feeds for commercial producers, not marketed to the smaller scale flocks. Also, it never hurts to actually read the labels and know what's in your chosen feed.

Tractor Supply sells Manna Pro. I agree with you, it's best to read labels and also check expiration dates.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: That's where I saw the medicated Manna Pro, and you're right, always a good idea to read labels and check date codes or expiration dates.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Chicken chick starter from associated feed is hardly a "specialty" in Gilroy, CA. The other feed store I go to sells Swanson Medicated Turkey, which is also not a "specialty" item.

Here is another mill that makes medicated feed:
http://www.primequalityfeeds.com/feeds/poultry_gtf_GTPreCrumb.shtml

My point in replying to this thread was that it was implied that "medicated" means amprolium, which is not true. @jh7192 doesn't post much, but I wish he would post more as I think many people could learn from him.

-Kathy