Ooopsy, you are absolutely right. Eating eggs from birds that have been medicated is putting your family at risk. Just because you don't have a reaction to eating them doesn't mean that they are safe. Eggs hold antibotics and when you eat the egg the antibiotic is passed on to you. This can keep antibiotics from working when you do need them. If you check with the manufacturer of most medications they will advise not consuming the eggs, milk, or meat from a medicated animal for 21 days and with some they recommend 28 days. Many of the medications like Tylan were originally designed for treating cattle and while it is used effectively to treat poultry not much research has been done on the long term effect on poultry. While we all like to serve our families better quality food, eggs from the store are cheap and will not put your families long term health at risk. Eggs from medicated birds will.
Some times the best bet when you have sick birds it to just destroy your flock, sterilize all of your coops and equipment and start over. Some poultry illnesses can never be successfully treated and you run the risk of maintaining a flock of carriers that get passing the disease on for generations. Destroying a flock is a sad and often expensive proposition but so it treating sick birds constantly.
Sorry if I sound like I'm on a soapbox but we all want healthy birds and from raising chickens to be a fun and enjoyable pursuit.
Some times the best bet when you have sick birds it to just destroy your flock, sterilize all of your coops and equipment and start over. Some poultry illnesses can never be successfully treated and you run the risk of maintaining a flock of carriers that get passing the disease on for generations. Destroying a flock is a sad and often expensive proposition but so it treating sick birds constantly.
Sorry if I sound like I'm on a soapbox but we all want healthy birds and from raising chickens to be a fun and enjoyable pursuit.
