Chicken ear infection

[Vhope77]

my chicken has had an ear infection for awhile now I recently brought her to the vet after I couldn’t get it to go away and he prescribed her baytril injections and showed me how to give them to her it’s been day 4 our of 7 and it doesn’t show signs of going away has anyone else treated their chickens for ear infections with baytril injections ?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

my chicken has had an ear infection for awhile now I recently brought her to the vet after I couldn’t get it to go away and he prescribed her baytril injections and showed me how to give them to her it’s been day 4 our of 7 and it doesn’t show signs of going away has anyone else treated their chickens for ear infections with baytril injections ?

Can you post some photos of your hen and her ears?
Does she have "gunk" or pus in the ears that need to be cleaned out?

Does she have a respiratory symptoms too - discharge from the eyes, facial swelling, mucous?
Any signs of canker, mucous or lesions inside the beak?

Look forward to more information and photos - hopefully we can give you some suggestions.

 

[Eggcessive]

Also how much is the Baytril dosage? Baytril can be given orally as well.

 

[Vhope77]

5 ml a day injected and the ear has yellow puss or gunk that smells I’ve just cleaned it out so I can’t take a picture right now no respiratory symptoms and she won’t let me look inside her mouth but she eats fine and acts normal just the ear infections as far as I can tell

 

[Fishkeeper]

What did you do to try to get rid of it before taking her to the vet?

 

[Vhope77]

Antibiotics ear drops and cleaning it out

 

[Fishkeeper]

What kind of antibiotic? How much, and for how long? Was it expired?

How did you clean it out?

My suspicion is that you might have made the bacteria antibiotic-resistant with the drops.

 

[Vhope77]

What kind of antibiotic? How much, and for how long? Was it expired?

How did you clean it out?

My suspicion is that you might have made the bacteria antibiotic-resistant with the drops.

Just and anitibiotic ear drop from the pharmacy my vet told me to try I tried it for 10 days but it was hard for it to get into the ear as the ear would fill withthe gunk and I couldn’t completely get it out most of the time it was not expired and the vet thinks it is a fungus in the ear I brought the chicken into the vet for an examination and he prescribed the baytril injections once a day for 7 days

 

[Wyorp Rock]

5 ml a day injected and the ear has yellow puss or gunk that smells I’ve just cleaned it out so I can’t take a picture right now no respiratory symptoms and she won’t let me look inside her mouth but she eats fine and acts normal just the ear infections as far as I can tell

Just and anitibiotic ear drop from the pharmacy my vet told me to try I tried it for 10 days but it was hard for it to get into the ear as the ear would fill withthe gunk and I couldn’t completely get it out most of the time it was not expired and the vet thinks it is a fungus in the ear I brought the chicken into the vet for an examination and he prescribed the baytril injections once a day for 7 days

Yes, I would like to see your photos.
Is it like a plug?

You mention the vet thought it was a fungus in the ear? Did they take a culture?

 

[Fishkeeper]

Baytril is an antibiotic. if it's a fungal infection, you should be using an antifungal.

How did you clean the ear out? Did you put anything in the ear other than the medication?