Recent content by omishsis

My girl has made a complete comeback. Thank goodness. None of the others have any signs of illness and she's back in the pen with the others. :)

I dropped water in her mouth earlier and a little baby food. She seems almost normal now. I looked up the necropsy for my area and see that the lab is in driving distance. I will definitely do that if I lose another. For now, I'm going to look for the electrolytes which are somewhere in the my...

I had a 4 month old hen die a couple days ago and I noticed one of my 7 weeks old has some of the same symptoms. I want to figure this out before I lose more. Both their necks seemed loose and they turn it almost 180 around to one side or it hangs low and they seem to have trouble walking, like...

Originally Posted by omishsis View Post I found instructions online for administering the injectable topically on the neck or wing. But this last time we had a bantam rooster that started having some odd symptoms within 2-3 days of the drops. I would come to the pen to find him on his back...

Thanks for the welcome! I tried a syringe first but the only one I had was an insulin syringe. Unfortunately the molecules in ivermectin are too large to fit in such a tiny syringe, so I used the dropper bottle. Definitely learned an important lesson. :/

Actually I have been using it on my flock for prevention of lice and other parasites. (And on our pig too) I found instructions online for administering the injectable topically on the neck or wing. But this last time we had a bantam rooster that started having some odd symptoms within 2-3 days...