Burst Crop

[PippinTheChicken]

@AngelicaRoss had a similar problem a few months ago

 

[Taylermartin]

No, you cannot dilute amoxy. You need to figure out a way to get the entire 250mg dose into her. I sometimes have luck opening the capsule, emptying the contents and dividing them in half. Then I take a tiny piece of bread and dip it in olive oil and then sop up the dose, giving it to the chicken. If you sprinkle a bit of sugar on it, it will disguise the bitter taste. Chickens will only fall once for the bitter amoxy on bread and refuse to eat it. Sugar can help disguise it so she will gobble it down.

If this was sour crop that caused this, would an antibiotic make sour crop worse?

 

[azygous]

Yes, some antibiotics make yeast grow. That's why it's tricky treating bacterial infection at the same time as you're treating a yeast infection.

 

[Taylermartin]

Chicken Little passed away today right as we got her to the vet. Thanks for all the replies and help!