Cockerel with potential infection

[Conan]

Salty pooped normally all night. Weighed in at 18.3 oz this morning.
Will weigh him again when I get home.

 

[casportpony]

Great! Crop was empty? If so,I would call this weight his baseline, and I'm gonna call him 519 grams.

 

[Conan]

Great! Crop was empty? If so,I would call this weight his baseline, and I'm gonna call him 519 grams.

Well, he powered down a lot of food later in the evening yesterday, and I checked on him at 5 am. It was mostly empty, though. I put him in the large crate for the day and he started drinking water. Still very wobbly on his feet, but he is alert.

 

[Conan]

526 grams. He is not able to stand. He tips over. His face is really swollen, but his wounds are clean.
I propped him up with towels around him so we can access food and water without tipping. That seems to work.

 

[Kiki]

Can you/should you (I don't know) be giving him the Tylan 3 times a day since you have it on hand while waiting for the other?
@casportpony

 

[Conan]

Can you/should you (I don't know) be giving him the Tylan 3 times a day since you have it on hand while waiting for the other?
@casportpony

I wish I knew.

 

[casportpony]

I think it would be okay to give the Tylan now.

 

[Conan]

I think it would be okay to give the Tylan now.

I have never given a bird antibiotics. How do I do this?

 

[casportpony]

I have never given a bird antibiotics. How do I do this?

Have you given medication orally?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I have never given a bird antibiotics. How do I do this?

You can soak a piece of bread in the Tylan and then give it to him to eat.