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Welcome to BYC! Hope he gets better. -Kathy

@Feathyr , you should also tube fluids to him. -Kathy

Would be best to get some Baytril (enrofloxacin), Cipro, or *maybe* Clavamox or Augmentin. Best bet would be to have a vet look at him started on antibiotics ASAP. -Kathy

Best to give metronidazole orally, not in water. Kathy

Welcome to BYC! One can purchase metronidazole OTC as Fish-Zole, Aqua-Zole, API General Cure and Meditrich. -Kathy

Welcome to BYC! One of the things I do is weigh them... my poults are weighed at hatch, then every week or two until they are much larger. One of the first signs they are sick is no weight gain or weight loss. Young, healthy fowl should make daily gains, so if I don't see proper gains, I know...

Welcome to BYC! No harm will come from giving it, but it's not likely that it will save a bird that has blackhead. -Kathy

My point was that for *any* medication added to food and/or water to be effective, the sick bird must be eating and drinking, right? Most sick birds are not. Proper treatment of just blackhead is metronidazole at no less than 30mg/kg by mouth once a day for five days, worming with something that...

Glad it worked for you, but what about the person that has a bird that's *not* drinking? -Kathy

We're all entitled to our opinions, right? Cayenne worked for you, great, but it didn't work for someone else and I sure wouldn't rely on it. For me it's metronidazole, Baytril, Safeguard and tube feeding if needed, period. That will save close to 100% of them if caught soon enough. -Kathy

One can get metronidazole at Petsmart in the form of a powder called API General Cure, just check the ingredients on the back to make sure it has 250mg metronidazole and 75mg praziquantil. You won't need the praziquantil, but it won't hurt to give it. It looks like this: Minimum...

I think it's supposed to be mixed in their food. -Kathy

Welcome to BYC! I manage blackhead by treating with metronidazole and fenbendazole as soon as I notice any symptoms. -Kathy

Welcome to BYC! If you think you have blackhead you need to act fast as it can kill quickly. Read this: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/804570/coping-with-blackhead -Kathy

Where do you live? -Kathy

Sorry for your loss.

Many people do raise poults with chickens and never have any problems, but I learned the hard way. From now on, any poult or peachick of mine will not touch the ground until it's at least six months old.

You can also use Safegaurd or Panacur paste, it's the same, Fenbendazole 10%. 1ml of the paste weighs 1 gram and 1 gram of paste has 100mg of medicine, just like 1ml of the liquid does. Make sense?

I'm not sure how effective Ivermectin is in controlling cecal and other worms, so I only use it for mites. Wazine does not kill anything but the roundworm.