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Using Terramycin
You say you are using terramycin for 14 days to treat colds in chickens well, here are my experienced thoughts:
terramycin may help this time and 14 days is quite long to be effective
are you using 1 or 2 tsp per gallon? Also teramycin is ineffective in 8 hrs so one needs to make it twice a day for good results. A week to 10 days should be sufficient. If not it isn't working and birds will get a cold again.
DO NOT use terramycin as a prevenative. It only makes chickens resistant to its effectiveness. NEVER use any medication for preventive help to chickens.
Also after putting in the water you need to make fresh terramycin water every 8 hrs
It losses its effectiveness in 8 hrs.
you see the terramycin company was made by DEHEC in 1990 to take it off the market and take out the bad stuff which was the good stuff to make it effective
but when I was growing up 1940's thru 50's we used the terramycin with vitamins added at molt time so the hens would lay eggs and molt faster.
also terramycin was used in cattle feed for good health
thus the american public after 50 yrs of use got allergic to terramycin
I really prefer aureomycin and 1 tsp per gallon
for medicating
to keep terramycin effective at all, you have to keep it in a dark cool place in tightly sealed jar like the frige This also after opening the pkg.
heat, sun, air and moisture ruin it.
So take note where feed stores have it placed. Is it in a hot [place or does the sun shine on it. Generally they place it in a well lighted place so you will see it and buy it.
I personally would not eat any eggs when any medication is used for 10 days after coming off the medication
DO NOT feed eggs back to chickens as they contain the terramycin, it prolongs the time you can't eat the eggs, for the medication not to be in the eggs
Also I would the day that you take the chickens off medication start a probiotic course
recipe
1 qt dry crumbles, 2 qts of buttermilk or sour milk
to make the sour milk, take 2 tbsp applecider vinegar per gallon of milk
1/2 cup yoguart
first week feed 3 tbdsp per bird three times week, 2nd week feed twice a week, third and following weeks feed once a week
and every day put 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar in the drinking water when not using medications
Glenda L Heywood
You say you are using terramycin for 14 days to treat colds in chickens well, here are my experienced thoughts:
terramycin may help this time and 14 days is quite long to be effective
are you using 1 or 2 tsp per gallon? Also teramycin is ineffective in 8 hrs so one needs to make it twice a day for good results. A week to 10 days should be sufficient. If not it isn't working and birds will get a cold again.
DO NOT use terramycin as a prevenative. It only makes chickens resistant to its effectiveness. NEVER use any medication for preventive help to chickens.
Also after putting in the water you need to make fresh terramycin water every 8 hrs
It losses its effectiveness in 8 hrs.
you see the terramycin company was made by DEHEC in 1990 to take it off the market and take out the bad stuff which was the good stuff to make it effective
but when I was growing up 1940's thru 50's we used the terramycin with vitamins added at molt time so the hens would lay eggs and molt faster.
also terramycin was used in cattle feed for good health
thus the american public after 50 yrs of use got allergic to terramycin
I really prefer aureomycin and 1 tsp per gallon
for medicating
to keep terramycin effective at all, you have to keep it in a dark cool place in tightly sealed jar like the frige This also after opening the pkg.
heat, sun, air and moisture ruin it.
So take note where feed stores have it placed. Is it in a hot [place or does the sun shine on it. Generally they place it in a well lighted place so you will see it and buy it.
I personally would not eat any eggs when any medication is used for 10 days after coming off the medication
DO NOT feed eggs back to chickens as they contain the terramycin, it prolongs the time you can't eat the eggs, for the medication not to be in the eggs
Also I would the day that you take the chickens off medication start a probiotic course
recipe
1 qt dry crumbles, 2 qts of buttermilk or sour milk
to make the sour milk, take 2 tbsp applecider vinegar per gallon of milk
1/2 cup yoguart
first week feed 3 tbdsp per bird three times week, 2nd week feed twice a week, third and following weeks feed once a week
and every day put 2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar in the drinking water when not using medications
Glenda L Heywood
