Medications for Layers

[henny60]

What medications may be given to hens producing eggs for human consumption (for any type of illness or infections)? And what medications must never be given to hens?

 

[Show Sebright]

Corid for coccidiosis is fine... just throw out the first eggs that come out after they get the medicine.

 

[Goosebaby]

What medications may be given to hens producing eggs for human consumption (for any type of illness or infections)? And what medications must never be given to hens?

Well that’s a tricky one, different medications have different withdrawal periods, antibiotics, vaccines, wormers, anticoccidials, antifungals, each chemical compound works and is expelled from the body in its own time and there are countless ones out there so you’d have to research each one individually, and even broad spectrum antibiotics and wormers don’t work on everything so the medication depends on the particular illness, there isn’t one cure all drug out there, life would be so much easier if there was.

A lot of drugs are used off label in poultry, meaning that they weren’t studied in avians so there isn’t a clear guideline of what it does and for how long in birds so veterinarians usually say never to eat eggs or the birds themselves after taking these drugs as a precaution, but it doesn’t necesarily mean that the eggs and meat aren’t safe to consume at some point, they just don’t know for sure when it’s safe to.

 

[dawg53]

Corid for coccidiosis is fine... just throw out the first eggs that come out after they get the medicine.

Corid isnt an antibiotic, it's a thiamine blocker. There's no need to throw eggs away, they are safe to eat.