Medicated vs. non- medicated feed

[Chris09]

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Ditto.

Amprolium is a modified B vitamin, not any kind of antibiotic. Google amprolium and coccidiosis and make your own decision.

Personally I use medicated feed until they start laying eggs.

Not sure where you found this information but Amprolium isn't a, "modified B vitamin". Amprolium trade name Corid and Amprol is a thiamine analog, competitively inhibits the active transport of thiamine (B1).
The Toxicity of Amprolium is that it cause thiamine deficiency if given at high rates.

http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/dxendopar/drug pages/amprolium.htm
http://www.corid.com/
http://www.amprol.com/

Buckeye Nutrition uses Lasalocid (Avatec)
Lasalocid is an antibacterial agent and a coccidiostat.


Chris

 

[Carpenter Coop]

I have 6 three months old, 4 two months old, 3 three weeks old and two 1 week old.

I have let them all out to feed on grass, dirt and bugs since they were a few days old. I do feed medicated and they all seem healthy and happy.

The five younger ones live in the garage and the others in a coop/run.

This is also my way of integrating them. It seems to work and they love the outside.

My next bag of feed will be non medicated.

Hopefully I'm doing the right thing,

 

[3b blu]

I prefer non medicated food but I do Ls-50 first week after hatch to help with any infection from hatching... I did do medicated with my turkeys cuz they are more prone to coccidiosis.... But I have never needed medicated food... The vitamins in water also good first week of life too if your hatching I have had a couple that had some of the hatching issues that were caused by mineral deficiency and this fixed the problem immediately... But prob a good idea to supplement vitamins and minerals after all that work they went through hatching...

 

[OldMountainCur]

It's preference, but considering the genetic weakness most poultry have aquired through inbreeding to develop new strains, I prefer medicated....... "Sanitation" (lack of) kills more chicks than anything. Overcrowding, poor ventilation, low temps all take thier toll and the medicated feed sometimes overcome "our" lack of supplying the necessary requirements for a healthy start of our flocks. Weather permitting I get my chicks on the ground around two weeks, earlier if we have warm sunny days. This is the natural habitat of chickens and the sooner they can aclimatize to it the better. Helps them develop natural resistance to "about" everything that nature can throw at them.....and the medicated feed (actually a B-complex vitamin and a thiamine inhibator ((I think)) helps them develop that immunity. This will be a topic of conversation for a long time to come.......medicated vs non-medicated.

 

[3b blu]

It's preference, but considering the genetic weakness most poultry have aquired through inbreeding to develop new strains, I prefer medicated.......  "Sanitation" (lack of) kills more chicks than anything.  Overcrowding, poor ventilation, low temps all take thier toll and the medicated feed sometimes overcome "our" lack of supplying the necessary requirements for a healthy start of our flocks.  Weather permitting I get my chicks on the ground around two weeks, earlier if we have warm sunny days.  This is the natural habitat of chickens and the sooner they can aclimatize to it the better.  Helps them develop natural resistance to "about" everything that nature can throw at them.....and the medicated feed (actually a B-complex vitamin and a thiamine inhibator ((I think)) helps them develop that immunity.  This will be a topic of conversation for a long time to come.......medicated vs non-medicated.

That's good to know I thought medicated chick feed was antibiotics not vitamins? Honestly never looked didn't want to add anything not needed to there food medication wise... Like womers for horses bacteria and parasites build up immunities to medications... But vitamins very different good to know I will have to check that out next time I hatch

 

[3b blu]

That's good to know I thought medicated chick feed was antibiotics not vitamins? Honestly never looked didn't want to add anything not needed to there food medication wise... Like womers for horses bacteria and parasites build up immunities to medications... But vitamins very different good to know I will have to check that out next time I hatch

I actually do want to say tho I have never used medicated except turkeys and never had one bout of it? I have hatched a lot of chicks I used to help a very big breeder hatch and would have a lot at a time? Do u think possible they develop some sort of dependency on the b vitamin? The things I was reading a lot of ppl would have issues when they would switch?

 

[Carpenter Coop]

Thanks to all for the info