Not just chickens raised in barns are given medicine. Even free range "organic" hens are given the occasional treatment. Chickens can get sick, when they do, medicine is given to make them better.
It is not common practice to inject broiler chickens for growth. Instead, they are typically given feed that is specially formulated to promote growth quickly. However, antibiotics and growth hormones may be used in some cases, depending on regulations and farm practices.
A chicken becomes organic when it ia raised on food and water that contains no chemicals of any kind. They are usually raised on farms that their feed is also raised on and they are not massed produced.
Antibiotics are usually given to someone who is sick with an infection. There are many types of antibiotics.
antibiotics are given because they help fight diseases
Foxes do eat chickens, given the chance.Yes
Organic eggs are those that are hatched by natural methods. The chickens in a poultry farm and not given any supplements in order to induce hatching. Organic eggs are produced at a slower pace. Normal eggs have to be produces at a faster rate due to high demand. Chickens in poultry farms are given supplements and antibiotics. Some of these products are bound to end up the in eggs since they are a product of the chicken.
I have read on their official website as well as multiple blog posts that Jenny-O turkeys are not treated with hormones or steroids. They may be given antibiotics but there is a federally regulated amount of time after they are administered that must pass before the birds can be slaughtered, preventing any antibiotics from remaining in the meat.
Livestock is the name given to animals that are raised by humans and most livestock animals have been domesticated. Cows, pigs, horse, sheet, goats, and chickens are all common livestock animals.
There is an all around livestock powder that you put in their water. You can get it at your local farm store. Also you can give them lots of fruit like bananas and grapes but cut the grapes in half and you can give them yogurt
If a microbe is not affected by antibiotics, it is said to be resistant to the antibiotic.
No. Antibiotics are given to them only when they are ill with a bacterial or viral infection. Cows have antibodies and immunoglobins, but not antibiotics.
Chickens do not give birth. Chicken reproduce by laying eggs, which are hatched in about 21 days after they are laid. A chicken is called a laying chicken when it is grown for the purpose of laying eggs, as opposed to a frying or eating chicken, which is raised for food.