Duramycin HELP!!

Tylan soluble powder is better for respiratory problems than Duramycin (tetracycline). Most feed stores I've seen carry it: http://www.revivalanimal.com/Tylan.html?a=bing
Dosage is 1 tsp per gallon of water each day for 3-5 days. Follow up with Probios and vitamin-electrolyte powder in the water for three days.

If you insist on using Duramycin, the dosage is the same (1 tsp per gallon).

 

You're welcome. No. Don't use the Tylan 50 injectible that way for 2 week or 4 week old chicks. It won't mix with water properly and aspiration is likely if you tried it orally. See if a local feed store has LS-50 water soluble powder. Dosage is 1/4 tsp per quart or 1 tsp per gallon of water. Tylan is better, then LS-50, then Tetracyclines like Duramycin.

 

Yes. For follow up, use it in the water for three days after the last day of antibiotic treated water. Probiotics are also important to replace after medicating with antibiotics. Probios powder has all the lactobacillus culture needed for birds that I mentioned. I believe Sav-A-Chick also makes a probiotic powder packet. I use probiotics a couple times a week in water whether my birds are sick or not.

 

You're welcome. I hope that remedies the problem. Keep me posted on how your chicks are doing.

 

Good. What some folks do is add ascorbic acid (vitamin c) to help with the absorption of tetracyclines, doxycyclines, etc. I just used cranberry juice for its high c content, and I think it takes the bitterness away so they are more willing to drink it. I used a 1/2 cup in a gallon of water.