Medicated Or Not Medicated Feed

[Grand-hen-ma]

Hi, I was reading some of the 'just posted' here in the forum and I noticed some people prefer to feed their girls medicated feed and some prefer to feed non medicated feed. Can anyone tell me the pro's and con's of both?

Thanks

 

[Grand-hen-ma]

Anyone???

 

[ChickenAl]

We went the non-medicated route. Since we only had 6 chicks we thought it best to not use medicated feed and let them build their own immunity. Not saying this was the best route, but for us it was a matter of using organic feed and not wanting to medicate. It is a question of individual choice. I am sure there are pros and cons for either opinion. Go with what feels right for you after you have heard a few people post their experiences using either one.

 

[dgecko]

non medicated feed is all I use this way I can feed everybody the same type food to my ducks, turkeys and chicks. I can also feed wild baby birds all i do is wet the food a little and feed it to wild birds. I am feeding a baby blue jay right now.

 

[silkie4]

We were told to feed medicated for the first bag then switch to the non medicated..... not sure as to why....

 

[Courtney134]

I use medicated feed right now for my chicks. I figured I'd rather be safe than sorry.

 

[DixieChickie]

I feed non medicated, to the chicks, they go through their first 2 weeks with medicated then over to nonmedicated...mixing them together to start switching.

PS, how's your hen that was feeling poorly?

 

[AlienChick]

I buy a small bag of medicated when I first get the chicks and when that's gone, I switch to non-medicated.

 

[chickenbythesea]

I've only seen medicated here.. it might be an agriculture thing, so that's what ours are on. But, since we're not getting eggs yet it's not a big deal

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

I feed medicated, they guy at the feedstore hadn't even heard of non medicated feed. Better safe then sorry I always say!