‼️HELP‼️ Chicken with leaking vent and lethargic possibly egg bound?

Amoxicillin dose is 57 mg per pound of body weight, 2 times a day for 5 - 7 days. So get a weight (a digital kitchen scale works well) and then figure out what your dose is. I empty the capsules into some softened (not melted) coconut oil, mix it well, and divide into number of doses. Freeze the doses and you will have custom pills, they usually go down easy, you can break them in smaller pieces if needed. It doesn't mix well in water and the particles are large and tend to settle out that way, or get stuck in the oral syringe. The coconut oil usually works best for a sick bird that isn't eating. If she's eating you can put the dose in some moistened feed (so it will stick), but have to make sure she takes the whole amount each time. Amoxicillin is usually well tolerated.
 
Amoxicillin dose is 57 mg per pound of body weight, 2 times a day for 5 - 7 days. So get a weight (a digital kitchen scale works well) and then figure out what your dose is. I empty the capsules into some softened (not melted) coconut oil, mix it well, and divide into number of doses. Freeze the doses and you will have custom pills, they usually go down easy, you can break them in smaller pieces if needed. It doesn't mix well in water and the particles are large and tend to settle out that way, or get stuck in the oral syringe. The coconut oil usually works best for a sick bird that isn't eating. If she's eating you can put the dose in some moistened feed (so it will stick), but have to make sure she takes the whole amount each time. Amoxicillin is usually well tolerated.
Hello coach723, thank you so much for all the information. Hoping she will get better with your suggestions. :)
 
@EasterChickens I'm so sorry! I was never notified that I was tagged. The amoxicillin will work per @coach723, for my standard size hens it's 250mg twice a day for a week. Offer plain yogurt with live cultures every other day to help to replenish her gut biome. Feed her anything she wants to eat, poor sweet girl 😢. I also did a turmeric paste treatment a couple of weeks after the antibiotic. Turmeric is a blood thinner, you can't do it more than a week.

My girl Sybi recovered from the infection but she hasn't laid an egg since. It's been over a year that she's been sick.
 
@EasterChickens I'm so sorry! I was never notified that I was tagged. The amoxicillin will work per @coach723, for my standard size hens it's 250mg twice a day for a week. Offer plain yogurt with live cultures every other day to help to replenish her gut biome. Feed her anything she wants to eat, poor sweet girl 😢. I also did a turmeric paste treatment a couple of weeks after the antibiotic. Turmeric is a blood thinner, you can't do it more than a week.

My girl Sybi recovered from the infection but she hasn't laid an egg since. It's been over a year that she's been sick.
Hello SmiYa0126, thank you very much for your suggestions and tips but unfortunately she died last night. I will definitely keep your suggestions in mind for the future. Thank you everyone for your concerns.
 

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