Baytril dosage for sick hen

[Kris5902]

When I was giving my 3 rehab girls their Baytril it was a little funny, in that I was cooking meals and eggs up for chickens more often than I was for myself!

If administering it with food doesn’t pose a problem? (dairy product/calcium excluded!) then treats and trickery might be the easier way to get it into her. The cooked egg and cat food gravy was popular, and I also gave mealworms (just one or two) and non medicated treats randomly as well so they wouldn’t catch on after one girl started refusing the “bait”.

I was just giving about a tablespoon of egg maximum, and limiting access to food before offering it so they would pounce right on it and not pay attention to the meds.

 

[casportpony]

f administering it with food doesn’t pose a problem? (dairy product/calcium excluded!)

No, not a problem. I'm just the type that doesn't like making the job take anly linger than it should, plus with food, I would wonder if there were getting all of the medication.

 

[Kris5902]

No, not a problem. I'm just the type that doesn't like making the job take anly linger than it should, plus with food, I would wonder if there were getting all of the medication.

That’s why I used the tiny pita bread chunk soaked in the liquid and just gave a small treat to disguise it... I also set the girl on a towel and watched her eat the whole thing! One did clue into it and started to eat around the medication, which was why I did the yougurt coating (now I know better!) I also did crumbled stone wheat cracker to absorb it, then rolled it into a ball with catfood gravy... it was messy and a bit time consuming, but I wasn’t adept enough to squirt it directly into the chicken. “Old age and treachery...” seeing as my skills weren’t quite up to the task.

 

[Ebony Rose]

ha ha..sure..with my third arm...

I cradled her between my legs and with my left arm wrapped under her head, I pried her beak open and tried to keep my finger there to hold her mouth open. She relaxed a little, but as soon as I stuck the syringe in there, she went crazy. After several attempts, including a helper, I gave up.

A trick that works for me is to do all of the above plus gently but firmly grab her waddles and/or crest. I have most success with the waddles, and I don't have anyone to help me. I then poke whatever is coated or imbedded with the medicine to the back of her tongue, release her comb and waddles. Typically, her mouth will slam shut and she'll reflexively swallow... VICTORY! She *might* be being overly bred by a rooster, which could cause stress, which in turn can cause rubber eggs (shell less eggs). If it's unusually hot where you are, or if she's being bullied could also cause stress. Strongly recommend plain yogurt with probiotics (grocery store variety is perfectly fine) after she's completed her antibiotics to restore her gut flora.

 

[vantain]

She dropped another soft shelled egg just after roosting for the night. Poor girl...this just seems to be never ending.