Checked on mommy & babies yesterday only to find one looks like the skin was scraped off its little back. not quite sure what happened. i ended up talking all the babies from the hen. she kept pecking them and i was scared she would hurt them. never had a bad chicken mommy. anyway I put Vetericyn and Vetasan ointment on its back twice last night. i didn't get n there and really clean it. i was scared that the stress would kill it. It will drink water from a dropper and pecks at the feed. Don't really think getting enough food to matter. it has pooped a couple times. and will randomly start peeping. Will grind some chick feed up & mix w/ water that has probiotic, electrolytes & vitamins in it to see if it'll take that. got some betadine will try to clean more thoroughly. Called my regular vet who doesn't treat chickens but will see one of mine on occasion (spend way to much $ there) anyway he's on vaca. i thought i should give it some antibiotics to prevent infection. I do have pen g on hand. but i'm scared to death to inject this tiny little baby. i know the gastric acid makes giving it orally less effective but i don't want to give it a shot. could i give more than what i would give in the shot to account for the loss in effectiveness?i saw on a post here someone gave a 6 week old .1 ml do you think that's a good dosage for a 3 day old.
nvm it just died
nvm it just died
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