Anybody used terramycin to treat respiratory infections?

[casportpony]

That's what they gave me.

How much does your chicken weigh?

 

[Eggcessive]

Does your chicken have a bad odor around the beak and head?

 

[Stephchickmagnet]

Not sure. They are 5 months old 2 just started laying

 

[Stephchickmagnet]

Does your chicken have a bad odor around the beak and head?[/Q

 

[Stephchickmagnet]

Did not so much anymore or I'm getting use to it

 

[Eggcessive]

Both mycoplasma (MG) and coryza can cause swollen and gunky eyes. Coryza smells bad according to some, and may cause thick nasal secretions with pus in the eyes. Sometimes they can also get other bacteria into the eyes as a secondary infection, such as E.coli from the droppings.
Coryza can be treated with Tylan in combination with sulfa antibiotics, such as sulfadimethoxine ( Albon) or bactrim, or sulfa alone.

This link has symptoms of both MG and coryza:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PS044

 

[casportpony]

The medication you purchased should be given orally based on their weight.

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you pick up the chicken and weigh it, then weigh yourself, and subtract the difference. You can also use a kitchen scale or estimate the weight if they are grown chickens.

This type of Terramycin is hard to dose, since it is usually given to cattle. In this link, it says to give 400 to 800 mg per gallon of water.
https://www.drugs.com/vet/oxytetracycline-hcl.html
If you crushed 3 of the 250 mg tablets into a gallon of water, that would give you 750 mg per gallon or the maximum dosage. Then you could give it for 5 days.

Or if you would rather give it orally crushed into a little water or food, you could give 1/4 tablet in the morning and 1/4 in the evening. You could also just insert the 1/4 tablet in her beak. That would deliver about 125 mg daily or 25 mg per pound in a 5 pound chicken. The link here recommends 50 mg per Kg or roughly 25 mg per pound:
http://www.poultrymed.com/Tetracyclines

 

[Eggcessive]

@Stephchickmagnet what are you going to do? @casportpony does the dosage in post 18 sound alright? I would try to get Tylan injectable or Tylan powder for the water, if I were treating. The Tylan powder in post 4 is very easy to use in the water.