Fabulous! I would love to have a crow! They are such intelligent birds.
Crow...chicken, they both have the same feet, with the same issues, same fixes.
To my knowledge, colloidal silver should not affect the liver when given orally, to a healthy bird, in small amounts, and for short term...
Stage 1 bumblefoot should heal quickly with the 200 ppm colloidal Silver. You can also just keep it clean, add a little dollop of Neosporin, sterile gauze pad, and a wrapping of self stick gauze and it will heal up just as fast. For a stage 1 bumblefoot, I change the dressing every 3 days or...
I would not use CS alone, as an antibiotic.
But, it works well when combined with an antibiotic like Doxycycline. The Colloidal Silver will boost the antibiotic's effectiveness.
I have encountered this scenario, where bacteria commonly found in a chicken and it's environment, grow out of control.
This usually happens when the chicken's immune system is compromised by cancer/tumors or some other critical condition.
In order to give the chicken it's best chance for...
Greetings chicken vet girl,
The research, use, and dosage of colloidal silver for animals, is probably one of the most exasperating and confusing subjects!
In my opinion, if a keeper decides they want to try colloidal silver, it's probably because they are desperate to help their chicken...