Oxytetracycline dose (tbsp / tsp)

LindaNL said:

I've got 6 baby chickens whitch are a bit sick; they are sneezing, have running noses and are gasping...

Luckely I found on this forum that I should treat them with oxytetracycline (or something else like Tylan) if giving them supplemental vitamines and hard boiled eggs didn't work. So I went to get it !

Now, I see on this forum that a lot of people advise to give baby chickens 1,25 tablespoon per gallon, and 2,5 tablespoon per gallon to bigger chickens (advised on http://www.durvet.com/dl/Durvet-Poultry-Brochure.pdf). That didn't seem right to me, and I started to measure everyting.

So these are my calculations (correct me if I'm wrong):
- There is 181.5 gr in a package, equals to 310 ml (I measured this in a measuring cup).
- You need to give 0,4 gr (=400 mg) per gallon to a baby chicken, equals to 0,683 ml per gallon.
- 1/8 teaspoon equals to 0,675 ml

Conclusion:
- Baby chickens need 1/8 teaspoon of oxytetracyline mixed to 1 gallon of water.
- Bigger chickens need 1/4 teaspoon of oxytratracyline mixed to 1 gallon of water.

(sorry if I made a lot of spelling mistakes, I just moved from Holland to the USA )

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LindaNL said:

Thanks Kathy!!
I'll give my chicks the higher dose, of 800 ml !

But the point I wanted to make is the picture you posted says the dose for 800 ml equals 2,5 tablespoon per gallon, but in reality (see my calculations) it's 1/4 teaspoon. That's a big differance, and I just wanted to share this to other ppl so they won't overdose their chicks !

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casportpony said:

@LindaNL , don't let me scare you away. Not trying to argue, just trying to figure this out myself and my brain works a little differently, lol.

-Kathy

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