Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

Alright, I’ll do that. I might need to buy a new bottle, since I don’t trust the one I have. It’s a few years old and I don’t even know where it is.

If you don't trust it, get some new. If it is going to delay treatment to get new then start with the old. Get something in them quickly. Even partial effectiveness is better than none.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

If you don't trust it, get some new. If it is going to delay treatment to get new then start with the old. Get something in them quickly. Even partial effectiveness is better than none.

I talked to my mom, and she threw the corid away a while back. Do you think they’ll be fine by Friday? I have an FFA competition tomorrow, so I won’t be able to give it to them. I could see if my mom could buy it tomorrow, go to school, and put it in their water…

 

[BY Bob]

I think that I’ll probably give all of them corid, but I won’t be able to give it to them until Friday. I’m not sure if Taffy will be okay, since she is pooping blood.

Besides, the medicine I do have is expired… so maybe that isn’t the best choice, although it worked better than Corid IMO. View attachment 4260675

I would not worry too much about the expiration date. The dose is 1ml/kg day one and.0.5 ml/kg days 2-5 for chickens. Have you given meds to a chicken before via syringe orally?

I don't like waiting until Friday but if can't do anything until then so be it. I still prefer the idea of treating them all via their water, especially if you can't see them every day. This med has to be given every day for 5 days. If you treat their water it can last a couple of days and as long as they are drinking they will get the treatment.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

I would not worry too much about the expiration date. The dose is 1ml/kg day one and.0.5 ml/kg days 2-5 for chickens. Have you given meds to a chicken before via syringe orally?

I don't like waiting until Friday but if can't do anything until then so be it. I still prefer the idea of treating them all via their water, especially if you can't see them every day. This med has to be given every day for 5 days. If you treat their water it can last a couple of days and as long as they are drinking they will get the treatment.

I have given chickens medicine orally before. It’s not an issue for me.
I wish I had noticed that she was sick sooner. She has been acting completely fine. I wouldn’t have noticed if my friend didn’t point it out earlier today.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Nice rooster tail feathers laid out tonight

 

[BY Bob]

I talked to my mom, and she threw the corid away a while back. Do you think they’ll be fine by Friday? I have an FFA competition tomorrow, so I won’t be able to give it to them. I could see if my mom could buy it tomorrow, go to school, and put it in their water…

The sooner you can start treatment the better. How old are they?

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

The sooner you can start treatment the better. How old are they?

They are three months old. Hatched September 2nd.

 

[BY Bob]

I have given chickens medicine orally before. It’s not an issue for me.
I wish I had noticed that she was sick sooner. She has been acting completely fine. I wouldn’t have noticed if my friend didn’t point it out earlier today.

Don't beat yourself up. Chickens are very good at hiding things from us. I have been late in noticing many things unfortunately.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Don't beat yourself up. Chickens are very good at hiding things from us. I have been late in noticing many things unfortunately.

Could @Pastel the Rooster start them with the banana paste and see how they do? My understanding of what you wrote earlier is to go with what is on hand rather than waiting until Friday. The paste is once per day dosage which is not too hard hopefully. Sometimes with chickens a rapid response with a lesser med is better than waiting, right? Seems to me it could buy time. And if the Corid is needed later because this isn't effective enough there's time to buy it in the next few days.

 

[Pastel the Rooster]

Could @Pastel the Rooster start them with the banana paste and see how they do? My understanding of what you wrote earlier is to go with what is on hand rather than waiting until Friday. The paste is once per day dosage which is not too hard hopefully. Sometimes with chickens a rapid response with a lesser med is better than waiting, right? Seems to me it could buy time. And if the Corid is needed later because this isn't effective enough there's time to buy it in the next few days.

My only problem with that is the banana paste says it’s expired. Mom said medicine can sometimes be used after its expiration date, but when we looked it up, it said it’s better to not use this. I’m not sure if she already threw it away or not.
All this stuff is stressing me out. They wouldn’t have gotten sick if my ag teacher had let me move them into the coop where her chickens were a few weeks ago. But no, instead they had to be stuck in a tiny coop with their own crap as bedding practically.
I don’t want to blame her, but my friend and I had talked to her about this sorta stuff multiple times and she did nothing.