Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Getting a vet appointment for Hazel, hopefully they can see her soon. Her left eye sinus / "eyebrow" above her eye is swollen, and today she started scratching her right eye too. This is from yesterday or the day before and it's worse today.
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The Tiagard helped her a little but her left eye was foamy soon after, and it didn't clear up completely. She's also gone through a partial molt, and the heat stressed her too. I wonder if what she has is resistant. She likely did not drink the water enough, she hated it although I sweetened it, and she would not drink it. Everybody else was okay with it. I had it in all the waterers but she was seeking out other sources, even dew probably, and then we had a couple of days of rain and she was drinking drops from the run wires and from the wet foliage.

She's always been a picky eater.

I hope the vet can help her. Perhaps next time you should try direct dosing her.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I had to individually dose Clyde he wouldn’t drink he wasn’t feeling well.

Sure hope the vet can help her.

I've wondered about that - diluted tylosin, or reconsituted to a certain dosage...how did you figure it, and you syringed it?

 

[ChicoryBlue]

I hope the vet can help her. Perhaps next time you should try direct dosing her.

I will but didn't find anything about how to do it with Tiagard/Denagard. I didn't look extensively though. @Ponypoor

What would be the dose you make up with Tiagard 12.5%? I think I would figure the mg per pound, then get that into her - but I read to not use it undiluted, and that it can cause such nausea or something chickens would throw it up (if that's possible). That would be a terrible stress for Hazel, who is a nervous nelly to begin with.

I was hoping she would come around and drink more eventually but she never did.

 

[BY Bob]

I've wondered about that - diluted tylosin, or reconsituted to a certain dosage...how did you figure it, and you syringed it?

Yes. I had to do that with Patsy way back. You calculate the amount of dry powder for the dose. Dissolve it in as little water as possible and deliver it via syringe.

 

[BY Bob]

I will but didn't find anything about how to do it with Tiagard/Denagard. I didn't look extensively though. @Ponypoor

What would be the dose you make up with Tiagard 12.5%? I think I would figure the mg per pound, then get that into her - but I read to not use it undiluted, and that it can cause such nausea or something chickens would throw it up (if that's possible). That would be a terrible stress for Hazel, who is a nervous nelly to begin with.

I was hoping she would come around and drink more eventually but she never did.

You could also crate or isolate her so that is the only water available.

Dosing with water can be tough if the chickens are not drinking normally because they are sick.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Integration Update

There has been no drama today at all.

I did an upgrade to the Cluckle Hut giving it a new awning. I think it came out smashing.
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I used upside down planter hangers and got the curl of the hanger to line up with the ridge in the metal roof. Very cool, if I do say so myself.

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I can now put the window back in this winter without having to remove the awning.

I completed painting the nest box lids as well.

The girls seem to have split the yard in half.
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The main flock has ignored the butterfly bushes and everything to the left for a long time. Only Aster goes over there.

So the Phyllistines have adopted that part of the yard. The groups are separate except for Aster who goes over with the Phyllistines.

Now in the evening the main flock comes over to the garden yard and there is some mixing then but not much chasing any longer.

I put a waterer over by the shed so the Phyllistines have access to water through the course of the day.

That looks really nice, Bob! Very stylish & pretty! Good job!

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Yes. I had to do that with Patsy way back. You calculate the amount of dry powder for the dose. Dissolve it in as little water as possible and deliver it via syringe.

I don't have tylosin powder alone but can get some for on hand. I do have the amoxy-tyl powder.

I have the Tiagard 12.5% liquid which was what I tried here, to avoid syringing Hazel which is stressful, and to get into everyone the tiamulin, since Tedi and Annie had some nasal discharge (no bubbly eyes).

 

[BY Bob]

That looks really nice, Bob! Very stylish & pretty! Good job!

Thank you.

 

[BY Bob]

I don't have tylosin powder alone but can get some for on hand. I do have the amoxy-tyl powder.

I have the Tiagard 12.5% liquid which was what I tried here, to avoid syringing Hazel which is stressful, and to get into everyone the tiamulin, since Tedi and Annie had some nasal discharge (no bubbly eyes).

At this point, I would see what the vet says. I think I would try to get something I could direct dose a chicken with if I needed to do so.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

At this point, I would see what the vet says. I think I would try to get something I could direct dose a chicken with if I needed to do so.

Yes, I agree, and thank you.
I am also interested in possibly getting a lab diagnosis, if a test will show something this time. But it's not clear it would make a difference in treatment. I'll be surprised if it's not mycoplasma. Doesn't fit anything else. But I have wondered.