I just recently had another rooster with an ear infection and tried a simpler treatment. I gave him a clove of garlic coated in oil so it would be easier to swallow along with an echinachea pill (you can get this at a natural health store), Whole Foods or some drugstore chains carry natural...
Here's my entry, hopefully it will contribute to BYC's reader's knowledge. Good luck to all!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/coccidiosis-prevention-cure-and-natural-healing
As I happily embarked upon my first rearing of chicks, I was horrified to see that one of them pooping reddish poop. The woman I had bought the chicks from said this was normal. WRONG. It is normal for a chicken to occasionally shed its ceca (a part of its intestinal tract) which is a brick red...
I'm a former Chicagoan now living in Costa Rica. Because of my lifestyle change I've been able to fulfill my dream of owning chickens and love it .I'm a big believer of natural medicine I'm also a mother to 3 boys and 1 girl, a golden retriever, sheltie and cocker spaniel, 2 green parrots (who...
I had a rooster with an ear infection also. I decided to treat him through natural medicine as I did my son when he had 3 ear infrections and 3 rounds of antibiotics in a row . Every morning I made a mash with corn flour and probiotic yogurt,(you can use probiotic capsules also) which my...