No, that's part of why I'm hoping its a vitamin deficiency instead. I'm not planning on giving acyclovir, as I'm not educated enough to know an accurate dose and obviously don't want to send him into kidney failure. Just curious after bits of research.
By "give it right into his beak", do you mean the whole 1/2 tablet just right in his mouth or crush it and put it with water in a syringe? Just making sure
Does anybody have any success stories of their chicken with Marek's disease and giving them acyclovir or doxycycline? There is minimal research from what I have found but possible potential?
I did purchase a B-12 liquid vitamin + vitamin K supplement that I've included in some of his water but have not administered it orally with a syringe yet. Additionally, most B vitamin deficiencies that I've seen have that curled up foot situation and his toes are not at all curled up, they're...
Hi everyone, new member here.
I've had chickens most my life, with a rooster and 8-10 hens in every flock I've had. I've mostly had RRRs, barred rocks, ameraucaunas, and I have two silkies in my current flock. I most recently posted in the Emergency/Disease thread as my rooster Oleander has been...
My speckled sussex rooster, Oleander, is about 1.5 years old and has been sick for the last 9 days. The first day I noticed he was walking almost like he was drunk, so I initially thought dehydration and gave him hydrating food like corn, watermelon, etc, and electrolytes. He looked like he was...