Uh oh-- Did I just Royaly Mess-up??

[Momma_Cluck]

Yesterday, I put 3 of my "Special Girls" in with our Ameracauna Roo so I could be sure their eggs are fertile (I'm collecting for the new Incubator)

At the same time, I noticed 2 of my other Girls were coughing....

Now-- they WERE Scarfing scratch at the time (hadn't had any in a while and were making huge pigs of themselves) so it COULD be they were choking on it a bit...

However- I didn't want to take a chance, since they are in the coop a lot right now-- so I started them today on tetracicline.

UH OH!
I wasn't even considering what it might do to the fertility of the eggs!!

I know not to eat any of the eggs until 3 days after the final treatment...
but can we still incubate the fertile ones?
Will they still BE fertile?
Will it cause deformities???

HELP! Anyone?????

 

[cowman910]

can you wait to start incubating the eggs. and even if you just put the girls in with the roo you will still need to wait about 2 weeks to get fertile eggs

 

[DTchickens]

i've never heard of it bothering the incubation... stuff like that just usually makes it bad for humans to injest (believe thats spelled wrong.. but im feeling lazy today)

 

[Momma_Cluck]

erm... I was allways told the eggs became fertile for the next 3 dqays after they were with the roo... the sperm is only viable 3-4 days....???

 

[DTchickens]

Quote:
a hen can stay fertile off one mating for up to 4 weeks.. But it usually "goes away" after 2-3

 

[cici_p]

Don't know about chickens, but plenty of people become pregnant because they are taking antibiotics while on birth control. . .

so it seems like a possibility