Anyone know how to judge amoxicillin dose for a five pound Brahma hen?

I have a chicken I am afraid is suffering from an internal infection. She had bumble foot wich I cleaned. Removed scabs and watched heal. That is gone now but now she has a lame leg and won't walk on one leg. I am taking her to a vet tomorrow but would like to hear your thoughts on antibiotics or what the problem might be? How should I treat her. She has been hobbling around perky and acting normal for a few weeks and the limp hasn't gone away, last two days was pretty lethargic.
 
My Rooster broke one of his spurs completely off, quick and all. Not sure when it happened at least a week by now. Yesterday at treat time he was Bad sick, just out of nowhere. I noticed his leg swollen,comb almost white and his gobble the same pale color. Cleaned wound with water, peroxide and triple antibiotic ointment. Gave him 150.mg amoxicillin. Today I started 100 mg two times a day for 7days ROOROO is a big R.I.Red. he has color and looks great already. No chicken Dr here either. Was my dog's med. I crushed it and put in macaroni.
 
My Rooster broke one of his spurs completely off, quick and all. Not sure when it happened at least a week by now. Yesterday at treat time he was Bad sick, just out of nowhere. I noticed his leg swollen,comb almost white and his gobble the same pale color. Cleaned wound with water, peroxide and triple antibiotic ointment. Gave him 150.mg amoxicillin. Today I started 100 mg two times a day for 7days ROOROO is a big R.I.Red. he has color and looks great already. No chicken Dr here either. Was my dog's med. I crushed it and put in macaroni.
Welcome to BYC! Hope your rooster gets better. :hugs
 
Wow! That's sure a lot more than I've been giving her. But then the pills were for a mammal. I wonder if fowl take a higher dosage for the stuff to work. I had a feeling she wasn't getting as much as she needs to cure her of whatever is infecting her. I appreciate your reply. It has provided me with a starting point.

My problem is I live in the middle of no where, and the tiny towns on either side of me do have feed stores, but they carry no real medications. And the vets here all deal with cows and horses, and we chicken types are simply on our own.
I have the same issue where I live. The only recommendation I got was from Petco telling me to use the fish antibiotics.
Not entirely true. Antibiotics are good way past their expiration date. Of course, fresh is always preferred, but ones expired by a few years are just as effective.

http://www.terrierman.com/antibiotics-WSJ.htm
Did you put in water for all of your chickens? What strength were the tablets?
 
Fish antibiotics are not dissolved in water when given to chickens. Give one whole 250mg pill or divide a 500mg pill into two doses and give them at 250mg per day for ten days.
 
Well, I took a 500 mg tab and disolved half of it in water gave it in a syringe. We'll see what happens.
I don't know if this helps, but I figured out a neat little trick for administering antibiotics.

I have a sick hen sneezing, coughing and having trouble breathing. Full disclosure is I'm not sure if it's viral or bacterial, but I'm pretty sure she's going to die if I don't do anything, so I went ahead and got the amoxicillin for fish to try the antibiotic route. I mixed in 250mg with partially solid coconut oil and then coated a bunch of the dried bug treats with it (dried bugs are like crack for my chickens, and it's pretty much the only thing I can get her to eat at this point). She's having to open her mouth wide to breathe, so every time she opened her mouth I just popped in a bug, and the oil helped it go right down. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be.
 

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