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If he can get it over the hump with the infection , then yes you are right , it may need to be cut out since has become hardened . I do think he needs to medicate it though .
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Do the calculations that jason gave you in an above post 1cc per 10pounds 2x a day , every time you inject use a different site on the breast , I have used Tylan 50 many times on my pigeons and I give it for 3 days in a row . You can kinda tug at a couple of feathers and that will give...
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No , sub-cutaneous means "under the skin " , find a place on the birds breast and inject it there , under the skin only , don't stick it straight into the meat , pull some skin away from the breast .
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chickenboy1 ,get some alcohol and find a place on the breast and swab it to sterilize the site of injection and pull the skin away from the muscle or meat , and gently ease the needle under the skin and inject the Tylan . Sterilize the top of the medicine bottle also , I use those...
Injecting it sub-cutaneous is the best route in my humble opinion because the medicine is absorbed into the soft tissue faster and works better systemically . The bird will not get the full effect given orally . The stomach acids will react with it and make it less effective , there is an oral...
I inject Tylan beneath the skin not into the muscle . The breathing sound you were hearing was a (wet) sound . Sinuses or a respiratory infection . AS others have said Tylan is the best for that .