Well here is some information Ilearned many years ago
ABOUT VETREX
I published National Poultry News so became aquainted with the owner of the Vetrex company.
Vetrex was a human cold medication in the beginning called "Save the Baby".
It was used to help people get over respiratory sickess, colds etc.
Also used in the vaporizer.
The original Owner sold the business to this guy.
He renamed it Veterx for animals and poultry.
Using vertex in the water 1 tsp per gallon of water.
rub on head and under wings so chicken can breath better.
Also 1 tsp down the throat.
Then I would suggest my WET MASH PROBIOTIC FOR THE WHOLE FLOC.
as all the hens have been exposed to the respiratory disease.
Their gut has E.Coli and needs treated now while giving the medication to the sick chickens.
WET MASH PROBIOTIC RECIPE
natural probiotic recipe is this:
THIS IS FOR ONE CHICKEN
IF FEEDING MORE CHICKENS MULTIPLY THE RECIPE TIMES AMT OF CHICKENS TREATED.
3 tbsp of dry crumbles
1 tsp of dry flax seed meal (kind for humns).
4 tbsp of milk, sweet, sour, or buttermilk or a mixture of all or some
1 tbsp of yoguart of non flavored yoguart ( no artificial sweetmer)
mix good
AFTER PUTTING VIT'S IN 1-1000 mg of Vit E( cut end of capsule and squeeze into wet mash)
1 Vit B Complex tablet crushed, 1 Selenium tablet crushed, put in wet mash.
PUT 1 TBSP OF APPLE SAUCE on op of THE WET MASH PROBIOTIC.
NOW THE IMPORTANT INGRIEDIENT FOR EACH CHICKen FED
for each chickEN use 3 tBsp of mixture and 1-1000 mg of Vit E
and feed each chicken
3 tBsp full of the wet mash probiotic and what they will clean up in 20-30 minutes
then clean wet feeders and restock dry crumbles
do this twice a day for a week
then quit the Vit E, B complex, and Selenium, make just the wet mash probiotic
then once a week for life
All the while after medicating the birds use ACV unpasturzed kind. Braggs or Heinz ACV.
do not use ACV with medication
2 tbsp of apple cider vinegar per gallon of the chicken water so their gut flora wil be regulated
they should have this at least 3-5 days a week
then three days aweek after they are over the sickness.
the vit's are neccessary to clean up the damaged gut problem
ALSO AFTER THE MEDICATION IS DONE FEED THIS AGAIN as time listed