I posted a thread last week about some nasty infections my chicken has. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/infection-or-tumor.1287341/
I suspect she was attacked by a hawk as I found a dead chicken in the yard and saw what I think is a cooper's hawk in the yard. Unfortunately I missed the wounds when looking her over and only noticed them when they were severely infected.
I've been giving her epsom salt baths, applying triple antibiotic ointment 3x day, and giving her tylan 50 orally 3x/day (1 ML) for the past 5 days with little to no improvement. I picked up penicillin and amoxicillin today. I read that amoxicillin can decrease the effectiveness of penicillin so I plan on giving her 1/2 cc penicillin 1x day along with soaking and ointment. I will try to peel back the scabs to get the ointment to penetrate better. If this method shows no improvement after 3 days I will probably switch to amoxicillin. Unfortunately I am going away soon and my neighbor will be left of the burden of caring for her and it will be easier for her to feed the amoxicillin.
Anyone have any input as to whether or not this is a good plan?
I suspect she was attacked by a hawk as I found a dead chicken in the yard and saw what I think is a cooper's hawk in the yard. Unfortunately I missed the wounds when looking her over and only noticed them when they were severely infected.
I've been giving her epsom salt baths, applying triple antibiotic ointment 3x day, and giving her tylan 50 orally 3x/day (1 ML) for the past 5 days with little to no improvement. I picked up penicillin and amoxicillin today. I read that amoxicillin can decrease the effectiveness of penicillin so I plan on giving her 1/2 cc penicillin 1x day along with soaking and ointment. I will try to peel back the scabs to get the ointment to penetrate better. If this method shows no improvement after 3 days I will probably switch to amoxicillin. Unfortunately I am going away soon and my neighbor will be left of the burden of caring for her and it will be easier for her to feed the amoxicillin.
Anyone have any input as to whether or not this is a good plan?