EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BullChick]

Do you know which antibiotic and how much?

Nnnnope! The article simply said use antibiotics. I was hoping that you had an idea.

 

[kajira]

Do you know which antibiotic and how much?

Source : https://thechickenchick.wordpress.c...llin-for-wound-care-in-poultry-and-waterfowl/

Where to find the medicines, and what to buy: Penicillin injection medicines are readily available at most feed stores; they are kept and stored in the refrigerator and should be at home as well. One of my preferred drugs for wound use, and commonly found in most stores, is Penicillin G Procaine (300,000 IU).
Penicillin is a mixture of drug particles (solids) in liquid (solution). The particles in the solution are quite large, the drug is quite thick (particularly when stored correctly in the refrigerator) so you need a larger needle to get the correct mixture of particles in solution for an injection.



Most feed stores carry 3 cc syringes pre-equipped with screw-on needles that are 25 gauge (smaller). Of course, to keep the syringe sterile, leave the needle on. The same feedstores often carry loose 18 gauge sterile needles. Buy one for each syringe. Just before you plan to pull the penicillin from the vial for the shot, remove the syringe from its packaging and unscrew the smaller needle, screw on the larger needle with its cap still on. Make sure it is screwed tightly.



Pulling the medicine: penicillin particles settle during storage. Shake the penicillin vial until the solids on the bottom are all mixed into the liquid. Uncap the syringe, and pull the plunger out 1/4cc. Push the needle into the rubber top of the vial and press the plunger to let the air into the vial. Then pull your dosage. Pull out the syringe, turn the needle up, and thump with your finger to dislodge any air bubbles from the syringe to the top of the syringe. Push the plunger gently to push out the air. Re-cap the needle; letting that syringe just come to nearly room temperature. Replace the vial into the refrigerator as soon as the injection is ‘pulled’.



How to give the injection: Penicillin is given in the muscle (“IM” aka intramuscularly). On poultry/waterfowl, the best place to give the shot is either in the breast meat or in the thigh. I prefer in the breast meat as there is a great deal of meat, little bone, and few blood vessels.
Clean a spot far from the bone, in the middle of one half of the breast, with a tiny bit of alcohol on a bit of tissue. Uncap the syringe and put the needle into the skin – not terribly far. Less than ¼ inch for sure. Pull its plunger first and look for blood. This is to make sure the needle is not in a blood vessel. If you see blood, withdraw the needle and move the injection sight. Repeat. If you don’t see blood, push the plunger in and then remove the syringe from the bird.



How often to give this medicine: Pen G procaine is given daily for no more than four days. The dosage for poultry or waterfowl (under 10 pounds) is listed as less than 1/4 cc if the Penicillin G Procaine is 300,000 I.U. (which is most often is) for animals from 1-10 kg (each kg = 2 pounds, so 1-20 pounds). The dosage is actually listed as 1ml (cc) per 100 pounds of body weight, but giving 1/10th of a cc would be troublesome and it has a high safety margin.



Another dosage chart :

http://chickenjunkie.com/poultry-faq/dosage-chart-for-vaccines-antibiotics-wormers-for-poultry/

 

[kajira]

We do most of our own medicine/antibiotics around here, I have more than 1 type of antibiotic and it's all weight based. I hope the above helps.

 

[BullChick]

Easter isn’t going right, so I may have kinda sorta given her her stuff tonight.
She ate the bunny’s ears first.

 

[kajira]

Easter isn’t going right, so I may have kinda sorta given her her stuff tonight.
She ate the bunny’s ears first.
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She is getting so big!

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Hope this brings a smile to everyone Mottled black hen, Cuddles demanding hugs from DS before bed.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1669830389720598

 

[BullChick]

I walked to the kitchen, and turned on the light. Immediately I heard cheeping! I slowly walked towards the incubator. It got louder.
It was a bird outside the window that got startled when the light turned on.

 

[daxigait]

You can give her antibiotics, and soak her in warm baths to help dislodge it. It's possible you can soak the egg out, and antibiotics will prevent infection.

2) ANTIBIOTICS: People with chickens should keep a supply of antibiotics in case of upper respiratory or other bacterial infection symptoms. We recommend two prescription antibiotics: a) BAYTRIL. Give one 22.7 mg (milligram) tablet per five pounds of bodyweight twice a day, morning and evening, for 10 to 14 days.

Antibiotics acceptable for use in conventional poultry production include the following:

• Bacitracin (e.g., BMD, Pennitracin MD, Albac)
• Chlortetracycline (e.g., Chloratet, Aureomycin)
• Lincomycin (e.g., Lincomx)
• Oxytetracycline (e.g., Terramycin)
• Penicillin.
• Tylosin (e.g., Tylan)
• Virginiamycin (e.g., Stafac, V-Max)

Here's a video on how to give oral meds to a chicken (though I'm guessing you probably already know how.)

And one final thing, you can probably give a shot, if you had too.

Here's how you give a shot to a chicken if you haven't done it before.

thanks I will check on her in the morning when I can try to find out where she is. I got home after dark and she being a little Coupe that's hard to access so tomorrow.

 

[Akrnaf2]

Shalom!
Thanks, I thought that was one that you just kind of lose. I put her in the coop since she didn't go in last night and I'm going to assume I'll find her dead when I get home this evening I had to leave very early this morning cuz I had to take kids to the vet to be disbudded before I had to be at work at 6 or so so it was before they were out
I'm surprised you're on with s over I hope you and have a great time with your family.

Thank you, and yes we had good family gathering.
And as always work very hard......

 

[Akrnaf2]

So the secondary question is that's kind of an infection way to die right so I'm assuming that don't want to feed it even to animals?

If you cook it , it will do.