BOTULISM???

[casportpony]

Huh! That's cool. Gail only put the two I listed in her book

Oh well, made for much easier typing

Lots of misinformation in her book.

-Kathy

 

[PeepersMama]

Hm, is there. Maybe I will get to take over for her someday!

All my friends call me chicken freak, and it is in every way true

 

[casportpony]

Hm, is there. Maybe I will get to take over for her someday!   All my friends call me chicken freak, and it is in every way true  

Yes, lots of misinformation. The best way to verify information is to find multiple credible sources that say roughly the same thing.

-Kathy

 

[PeepersMama]

Cool. Lucky me I love reading

 

[casportpony]

Cool. Lucky me I love reading

Here ya go!
http://avianmedicine.net/

Lots is very technical, but there's plenty of stuff that the average person will understand.

-Kathy

 

[PeepersMama]

Sweet, thanks!

 

[NewbieChickFam]

Hi, I have an emergency. My bantam chochin was suddenly unable to get up. She is so fluffy. I soaked her in warm bath, and I just realized that she is so skinny.
Anyway, she is still alert and she doesn't look pale. She just doesn't want to get up. Her neck is also not droopy. I don't know what it is.
I want to rule out Marek because I did not see any symptoms that point to it.
I am trying to remember what I did differently this week: (1) instead of changing water daily, i changed the water once in 3 days. Also, the bin for fermentation, I usually scrubbed clean for every use, this time I did not.
Do you think that the bacteria was caused from any of these, if it is Botulism?

Question:
The epsom salt flush -- how much PER serving should I administer? How many times/day?

Feeding: she wouldn't eat, even when I offered her mealworms. So i syringe feed her.
How much time after feeding di I administer the flush? What kind of food? Right now I am feeding her dry food + egg yolk.

Electrolytes: She seems lethargic. Should I also give this to her?

What I want to know is, the timing of each step that I should give. Obviously she can't eat everything all at once, right?

Please help!!!!
Thank you!!

Did your chicken survive? If so, what did you do? What helped? x