Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[Kooka]

Chooks can be pretty dumb for smart critters, my guess is that the SLW has bruised a drumstick

and the empty crop should be fed with something hard to resist like a mash of warm bran or the like. Even a rice and sardine will get them feeding. Recovery from injury rests on being able to use existing body resources, if its not feeding my thoughts go to getting that process working first and not to treating " could be " stuff,

Cheers,

Andrew

 

[Sidhe13]

Try a can of tuna...mine loooove tuna and I can mix all kinds of helpful, less appealing, things in it with them none-the-wiser!

All this talk has me pushing the "yard first aid kit" up the to-do list. Trying to find Australian brands of things other threads have recommended is challenging. I have the basics: gloves, syringes, betadine, bandages and gauzes, saline....but I am looking at more specific items that have a moderately long shelf life and are poultry-safe.

I found this which looks promising as an all rounder wound care...https://www.lealean.com.au/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/28/products_id/1369

Still looking for an electrolyte, antibiotic cream, and any other handy bits that I may need in a hurry. We are not close to any stores which would stock these things and we have no vet so... best be prepared!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Try a can of tuna...mine loooove tuna and I can mix all kinds of helpful, less appealing, things in it with them none-the-wiser!

All this talk has me pushing the "yard first aid kit" up the to-do list. Trying to find Australian brands of things other threads have recommended is challenging. I have the basics: gloves, syringes, betadine, bandages and gauzes, saline....but I am looking at more specific items that have a moderately long shelf life and are poultry-safe.


I found this which looks promising as an all rounder wound care...https://www.lealean.com.au/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/28/products_id/1369

Still looking for an electrolyte, antibiotic cream, and any other handy bits that I may need in a hurry. We are not close to any stores which would stock these things and we have no vet so... best be prepared!

We've always got cetrigen in our first aid box, but you can't beat terramycin spray. It's an antibiotic spray. I've used on horses,goats, cows, chickens, ducks and even the dog.
A few other things for the first aid
Amprolium
Poly aid plus
Cayenne pepper( helps the blood to clot )
Aspirin
Most of what you need is on one of these sites.

http://www.littlevalleypoultry.com/Terramycin Pinkeye spray


http://www.planetpoultry.com.au

 

[Sidhe13]

We've always got cetrigen in our first aid box, but you can't beat terramycin spray. It's an antibiotic spray. I've used on horses,goats, cows, chickens, ducks and even the dog.
A few other things for the first aid
Amprolium
Poly aid plus
Cayenne pepper( helps the blood to clot )
Aspirin
Most of what you need is on one of these sites.

http://www.littlevalleypoultry.com/Terramycin Pinkeye spray


http://www.planetpoultry.com.au

Thanks Fancy! This is a huge help! I have a styptic pencil for the blood clotting but will add a packet of cayenne pepper too! The Poly Aid is exactly what I was looking for, and I love how a lot of these can be used on other species too! Does Disprin work as the aspirin or should I get a specific type?

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thanks Fancy! This is a huge help! I have a styptic pencil for the blood clotting but will add a packet of cayenne pepper too! The Poly Aid is exactly what I was looking for, and I love how a lot of these can be used on other species too! Does Disprin work as the aspirin or should I get a specific type?

Disprin will do the trick, they are both non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs.
I have used the poly aid plus on day old chicks and grown chooks that have become anorexic . It will give them their appetite back.
Sardines are safer ( as a treat ) for chickens as tuna is way too high in selenium and also has a greater protein level.
i stress as a treat as both are salt water fish and have quite high sodium content.

 

[Sidhe13]

Next part is a tricky one and open to much debate. WORMING!
I had a poultry wormer that made the water bright, freaky, pink and both my previous flock and this flock of chooks flat out refuse to drink it...they will dehydrate (and one previous chook died from not drinking) before they will touch it!

I wondered about mixing it into a porridge? Or another suggestion of a wormer that I can use regularly as a precaution that doesn't have long withholding for eggs.

I am getting geared up towards some more natural remedies and preventatives but sometimes the not-so-natural are needed!

 

[Fancychooklady]

Next part is a tricky one and open to much debate. WORMING!

I had a poultry wormer that made the water bright, freaky, pink and both my previous flock and this flock of chooks flat out refuse to drink it...they will dehydrate (and one previous chook died from not drinking) before they will touch it!

I wondered about mixing it into a porridge? Or another suggestion of a wormer that I can use regularly as a precaution that doesn't have long withholding for eggs.

I am getting geared up towards some more natural remedies and preventatives but sometimes the not-so-natural are needed!

This is the one I'm using atm , unlike piperazine it treats more than just round worm , it's easy to administer and the chooks don't seem to mind it. Above all it has no witholding period for eggs.

http://www.littlevalleypoultry.com/poultry-medications?product_id=65

Keep in mind that the product that you use will depend on how many birds you have and what you are treating them for.
If you suspect tape or gape worm you would have to ' step it up ' .
The most common worm is round (ascaridia sp ) and if your birds are suffering an overload and you go in with the stronger drugs you risk killing them all at once and clogging the birds system.
In most cases where birds haven't been regularly wormed it is best to use piperazine or levamisole for the first worming and then the stronger drugs 10 days later, once the majority of round worm are expelled.

 

[Sidhe13]

Disprin will do the trick, they are both non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs.
I have used the poly aid plus on day old chicks and grown chooks that have become anorexic . It will give them their appetite back.
Sardines are safer ( as a treat ) for chickens as tuna is way too high in selenium and also has a greater protein level.
i stress as a treat as both are salt water fish and have quite high sodium content.

Good to know...I will stock up on sardines instead of tuna.
Is the Levamisole wormer detectable in the water? I reckon it was the pink colour that put them off the last wormer...perhaps if they can't see it, they will drink it with no worries...

 

[Fancychooklady]

Good to know...I will stock up on sardines instead of tuna.
Is the Levamisole wormer detectable in the water? I reckon it was the pink colour that put them off the last wormer...perhaps if they can't see it, they will drink it with no worries...

I have 70+ chickens so I scrub the waterers mix the powder in my watering can and divide it amoungst the pens. Of course it's more accurate to dose each bird individually but not practical for me. Whatever isn't consumed during the day is tipped out next morning. Mine don't seem to mind the taste.
Was the pink one avitrolplus ?

 

[Ashburnham]

Next part is a tricky one and open to much debate. WORMING!
I had a poultry wormer that made the water bright, freaky, pink and both my previous flock and this flock of chooks flat out refuse to drink it...they will dehydrate (and one previous chook died from not drinking) before they will touch it!

I wondered about mixing it into a porridge? Or another suggestion of a wormer that I can use regularly as a precaution that doesn't have long withholding for eggs.

I am getting geared up towards some more natural remedies and preventatives but sometimes the not-so-natural are needed!

An eyedropper straight down their throat works well.