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    Adult Wyandote Hen badly bitten on back of neck

    Here's a better pic.
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    Adult Wyandote Hen badly bitten on back of neck

    Here's a pic. I saw others say I ought to slather the full thickness tear with neosporin ointment daily. A Facebook poultry group member just suggested I have to let it dry out to scab. I am nt sure which way is better. I have neosporin, veterocydin, and BluKote on hand. (Tough spot to bandage...
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    Adult Wyandote Hen badly bitten on back of neck

    I've had this hen isolated nearby the flock in a dog cage. I've been giving 250mg amoxicillin 2-3x/day. Spraying VeteraCidin 1-2x/day and covering the neck wound with neosporin 1x/day. I also spray the minor wounds and bare skin with BluKote in case she breaks out into the general population (7...
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    Amoxicillin and chickens

    Thank you, Kathy! I've got a 3kg blue Wyandotte hen who was bitten by a raccoon last night. I can only get 250mg capsules. In addition to isolation and wound care, my plan is to give her 250 mg of amoxicillin three times a day for 10 days. (375mg BID = 250mg TID). Does this sound reasonable to...
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    Adult Wyandote Hen badly bitten on back of neck

    I can get Amoxicillin 250 mg capsules in an hour. She is ~3kg. Should I give 2 or 3x/day? I am figuring that the formula of 125mg/kg 2x/day for a 3kg bird works out more neatly with giving 250mg 3x/day. Is this reasonable? I still don't know how to get it in her! Come up with a tastier treat...
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    Amoxicillin and chickens

    HI Kathy I looked up the pdf you referenced and saw that their dosing of amoxicillin was "Amoxicillin Chicken 16(mg/kg) PO QD" That seems low, but a few other birds had doses as low as that. What is correct?
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    Adult Wyandote Hen badly bitten on back of neck

    I mixed cepahlexin in wet cat food. 50mg x 5# x4 =1000mg/day split into 4 doses. Shes not taking the bait. How do I coax or force an antibiotic into her. I don't have a lot of cephalexin. What's the dose for Amoxicillin? I can get that.
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    Adult Wyandote Hen badly bitten on back of neck

    She's got quite a lot of energy and fight in her today. Not the best chicken Handler, but I was able to give her a thorough examination today. I clipped a few feathers that would get stuck in the neck wound healing, with suture cutting scissors, rinsed with disinfecting contact solution, and...
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    Adult Wyandote Hen badly bitten on back of neck

    Thank you! This is excellent advice. I have a few follow-up questions. Wound irrigation. I assume it would wash downward subcutaneously. Perhaps the skin is better connected to the muscle layer further away from the wound, but it appeared to be Gliding Over the muscle with ease. Can you tell me...
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    The Fox Attacks: Chapter III

    Where is the medical advice?? All these replies and not one that replied to the question at hand: wound care. Stay on topic or stay quiet please.
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    Adult Wyandote Hen badly bitten on back of neck

    At 1 a.m. tonight I interrupted some kind of animal attack. Likely raccoon. I was late in closing up the coop. My hen was squawking and laying still outside. She was missing a lot of feathers in a few areas, but the only serious wound was on the back of her neck. (See picture.) Initially sprayed...
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