Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

It did that for me, but I hit replay and it worked.

Yes that worked.

 

[LozzyR]

Cats and the chin-thing.

 

[BY Bob]

Phew. I thought you had gone mamal. Some here went pidgin. Some have already gone to the dogs while others are just plain caty.

Well done!

 

[Kris5902]

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It’s 100mg/ml so that was about in line with my initial doseage of .5ml 2x daily. I didn’t see anything, gave up on the amoxicillin arriving and said if this is all I have I’ll double it and hope to see some improvement. It has reduced the swelling slightly. I agree with @Shadrach about preferring a vet, and that there’s a lot of bad info out there, but without access to one I will take what sounds like informed advice here over just culling a bird any day.

Right now I’m looking at $160 minimum cost if the vet does nothing and just sees him. It’s a ridiculous expense for a free meat bird, and I am clearly not a “real farmer”; but he’s a sweet good boy, and he’s not ready to give up or at a point where I would jump to a “permanent” solution. Though I can and will if it comes to that.

 

[RoyalChick]

Cats and the chin-thing.

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Pure bliss!

 

[micstrachan]

It’s 100mg/ml so that was about in line with my initial doseage of .5ml 2x daily. I didn’t see anything, gave up on the amoxicillin arriving and said if this is all I have I’ll double it and hope to see some improvement. It has reduced the swelling slightly. I agree with @Shadrach about preferring a vet, and that there’s a lot of bad info out there, but without access to one I will take what sounds like informed advice here over just culling a bird any day.

Right now I’m looking at $160 minimum cost if the vet does nothing and just sees him. It’s a ridiculous expense for a free meat bird, and I am clearly not a “real farmer”; but he’s a sweet good boy, and he’s not ready to give up or at a point where I would jump to a “permanent” solution. Though I can and will if it comes to that.

I totally agree about preferring a vet and I’m glad the vet is an option. According to my avian vet, reproductive infections will “laugh at” anything short of enrofloxacin. I think they are targetting e coli (gram negative), but enrofloxacin can kill both. However, I am guessing Roostie has something more like a staph infection (gram positive), in which case I would guess the vet will prescribe a cephalosporin (?) Let us know what happens Monday!

 

[Kris5902]

Phew. I thought you had gone mamal. Some here went pidgin. Some have already gone to the dogs while others are just plain caty.

Well, if anyone here really wants to help me figure out a goat bottle baby; I’m happy to do it as a PM, but I’ve already half jacked Bob’s thread with Rooster feet, Giant land chickens, and expect adding goat poop discussions and “how much milk should I let this little suck back at once to get her pooping?” Questions might get me voted off the forum!

 

[Kris5902]

I totally agree about preferring a vet and I’m glad the vet is an option. According to my avian vet, reproductive infections will “laugh at” anything short of enrofloxacin. I think they are targetting e coli (gram negative), but enrofloxacin can kill both. However, I am guessing Roostie has something more like a staph infection (gram positive), in which case I would guess the vet will prescribe a cephalosporin (?) Let us know what happens Monday!

That’s what we had more or less agreed earlier. That the enrofloxacin wasn’t necessarily the best antibiotic to target the bacteria type, but it was all I had. And I’m just glad my “pet supplies” cleared customs it still took over three weeks for the “priority shipping” that cost me more than the antibiotic did!

 

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Well, if anyone here really wants to help me figure out a goat bottle baby; I’m happy to do it as a PM, but I’ve already half jacked Bob’s thread with Rooster feet, Giant land chickens, and expect adding goat poop discussions and “how much milk should I let this little suck back at once to get her pooping?” Questions might get me voted off the forum!

I'd say low dose mineral oil (teaspoon or so) in milk to attack from the front, then a warm water and dawn dish soap enema from the back, if needed.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Hazel has a broken beak tip! Her upper beak. Must have happened in the last day or so. How would this happen, is there something I can do or not do to prevent more damage or damage to anyone else? It will never grow back, right? She can eat fine so far it seems.