Most antibiotics recommend a 2 week period where you cant eat the eggs.
From: DBO <dboranch@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 11:39 AM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Withdrawl period for Tetroxy
I have a hen that was wheezing and gurgling so I immediately separated her and started her on Tetroxy. I have about 35 hens so I kept going in the pen and listening for any others who might start showing the same respiratory symptoms. I found it was good to go in after they roosted for the night and all was quiet to listen for others. I did find one more that I wasn't exactly certain was gurgling but I removed her too to be on the safe side.
I had a hard time figuring out the dosage since the package is geared for a large poultry operation. I looked on the Internet to see if I could figure it out but the dosages everyone recommended was all over the place. I finally broke down and called the manufacture and they told me to give 1/6 tsp per gallon for the 200mg dosage or 1/3 tsp per gallon for the 400 mg dosage. I tried to half that again to make a half gallon for my single chicken. I could hardly measure that small amount but figuring that it would also depend on how much the chicken drank, I realized that the dosage was a `base' to go off of. I gave the recommended dosage but then the weather cooled down dramatically so I upped the dosage since I figured my chicken would be drinking less water. Also, I don't know if this was a good idea or not but I on the first day, I just happened to open a can of corn and got an idea… I guesstimated the smallest possible amount of Tetroxy for the water from the canned corn then mixed it up and gave it to my chicken. She drank it all in 1 sitting so at least I knew the antibiotic was off to a good start. They also recommended I mix and offer a fresh batch daily (I believe that the antibiotic properties in it start to break down once it is mixed). Thankfully almost immediately, I noticed improvement and after almost a week on the antibiotic, I couldn't hear anymore wheezing. It says to give it for 7 to 14 days. It has been 10 days now and they have shown any more symptoms for days now so I am taking them off of the antibiotic.
I see on the package that it said Tetroxy is not recommended for laying hens so I also asked the manufacture about the withdrawal period before consuming the eggs again. They said there is no withdraw period (meaning never) and repeated "it is not recommended for laying hens". I find this to be not very realistic. If you can't eat the eggs (or consume the chicken) forever, then why would a poultry operation even treat the chicken since the poultry would be good for nothing to them after that). I realize that the manufacture probably has to say that for liability purposes because it would probably cost them millions in testing to get the withdrawal period put on the packaging and then the price would go up 10 times! I read on this forum that many of you are familiar with Tetroxy so I was wondering what time frame everyone else recommeds for the withdraw period?
Thanks,
Jennie
I had a hard time figuring out the dosage since the package is geared for a large poultry operation. I looked on the Internet to see if I could figure it out but the dosages everyone recommended was all over the place. I finally broke down and called the manufacture and they told me to give 1/6 tsp per gallon for the 200mg dosage or 1/3 tsp per gallon for the 400 mg dosage. I tried to half that again to make a half gallon for my single chicken. I could hardly measure that small amount but figuring that it would also depend on how much the chicken drank, I realized that the dosage was a `base' to go off of. I gave the recommended dosage but then the weather cooled down dramatically so I upped the dosage since I figured my chicken would be drinking less water. Also, I don't know if this was a good idea or not but I on the first day, I just happened to open a can of corn and got an idea… I guesstimated the smallest possible amount of Tetroxy for the water from the canned corn then mixed it up and gave it to my chicken. She drank it all in 1 sitting so at least I knew the antibiotic was off to a good start. They also recommended I mix and offer a fresh batch daily (I believe that the antibiotic properties in it start to break down once it is mixed). Thankfully almost immediately, I noticed improvement and after almost a week on the antibiotic, I couldn't hear anymore wheezing. It says to give it for 7 to 14 days. It has been 10 days now and they have shown any more symptoms for days now so I am taking them off of the antibiotic.
I see on the package that it said Tetroxy is not recommended for laying hens so I also asked the manufacture about the withdrawal period before consuming the eggs again. They said there is no withdraw period (meaning never) and repeated "it is not recommended for laying hens". I find this to be not very realistic. If you can't eat the eggs (or consume the chicken) forever, then why would a poultry operation even treat the chicken since the poultry would be good for nothing to them after that). I realize that the manufacture probably has to say that for liability purposes because it would probably cost them millions in testing to get the withdrawal period put on the packaging and then the price would go up 10 times! I read on this forum that many of you are familiar with Tetroxy so I was wondering what time frame everyone else recommeds for the withdraw period?
Thanks,
Jennie
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