nannyhenny Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Our Higgledy Piggledy developed a sneeze and raspy voice so took her to our vets yesterday (they are very good with hens) She diagnosed a mild upper respiratory infection and we have an antibiotic (Baytril) twice a day for a week. The vet says a total of 28 days before we can eat the eggs. This seems a long time; can it really stay in the system so long? ! Has anyone had any different advice on this? Also, I assume, we can't feed the cooked eggs back to the ladies for the same period? Incidentally, it cost £33 for the consultation and medication, including a very thorough all over check (including an internal - ouch!) and Higgledy takes it beautifully in mashed up grapes! Main problem is keeping the other two away while she's eating it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Baytril has a 7 day withdrawal period after treatment ends.. So if you are giving for 7 days you need to withdraw from eating the eggs for 14 days. Some vets are overzealous with advice though... I know one vet told one girl that she could never eat the eggs again I'll probably get shot down in flames for saying this, but I have eaten eggs when the girls have been on antibiotics but I would never sell them to family and friends. I think the worry is we will get a resistance to the antibiotics or could have allergic reaction to the antibiotics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Some information here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannyhenny Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Many thanks for helpful replies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
