Antibiotic resistant?

[Geordonbuck223]

So a few times my chickens had caught respiratory infections and I gave them tetracycline. One of my chickens now either has a respiratory infection because she has junk in her eye or she has an eye infection. I put her on the antibiotic for 2 weeks and it did nothing. What should I do get another antibiotic??? Any suggestions

 

[casportpony]

Would be best to have a vet look at it and see what bacteria are there. You could also try Baytril, but it's banned for use in poultry, so look into that before you try it.

-Kathy

 

[Akrnaf2]

How can you be shore that the infection is caused by a bacteria? It could be a virus and then the antibiotics is useless! Giving antibiotics without need can harm your chicken in many ways.

 

[casportpony]

How can you be shore that the infection is caused by a bacteria? It could be a virus and then the antibiotics is useless! Giving antibiotics without need can harm your chicken in many ways.

Which is why I suggested a vet, but most people aren't going to do that. If it is a bacterial infection of the sinus/eye, something like Baytril will probably work work very quickly, as in one should see a difference in 24-48 hours. But as I said before, Baytril is banned for use in poultry, so one really would need to research that first.

• http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2005/07/fda-ban-enrofloxacin-use-poultry

• Baytril (Enrofloxacin) Sources​

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

FWIW, if these chickens keep popping up with respiratory infections it's quite possible that they have CRD.
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/disea...ction-mg-chronic-respiratory-disease-chickens

-Kathy

 

[Geordonbuck223]

ThEy don't have crd they only got I twice and have been different birds