Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

I’m off to the showers. There’s chicken poop in places I don’t even want to mention! They are getting quite accurate, dropping their loads down my shirt! Goes down my back, then inside my pants !!

 

[BY Bob]

I have the space, and the money. The birds needed a forever home, I was just helping them live a comfortable dream.

You are a special person.

 

[BY Bob]

Terramycin antibiotic ointment in the eyes, once a day for seven days. This and including meloxicam for swelling was the vet plan last July when she had a bad flare up and one eyelid was swelling too, the vet thought that and the flare up was due to dust irritation and then particulate matter caught in there. No swelling this time, and I’m not sure of the cause for the flare-up, it’s not real dusty in their run or coop.

I did just one apparently pretty bubbly eye the first day, then her other eye was really foamy the next day, so I’m doing both eyes.

That seems appropriate.

 

[BY Bob]

I am a bit late catching up. You got lots of good advice but I didn’t see anyone comment on what this bottle you got from the vet actually is.
It contains sulfadimethoxine.
It is absolutely indicated for treating coccidiosis and is a broad spectrum antibiotic.
As such, I think maybe once you start it you should complete a several day course of it rather than switch over to Corid. But I will defer to @BY Bob on whether it is OK to use sulfadimethoxine just once or better to complete a course.
The product info says 5 days and gives dosage. Screen shot here and link attached below.
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https://toltrazurilshop.com/albon-dosage-for-chickens-a-complete-guide/

@Pastel the Rooster

Resistance to sulfadimethoxine develops readily. Because resistance can develop easily it is usually given with a second antibiotic in humans to cut off any potentially resistant bacteria.

If you already gave this today, I recommend that you complete the 5 day course and not switch them to Corid after 1 dose.

However, I understand that what is actually practical also has to play into what you do. I will not judge you harshly if you need to switch then to corid in the water.

Something else to consider.....

While a bloody stool like you showed us is a classic symptom of coccidiosis, knowing that they have been on medicated feed gives me pause. It's not impossible for them to develop coccidiosis while on medicated feed, but I would be surprised.

If it is not coccidiosis, and is bacterial in origin, then the sulfadimethoxine is a better treatment as it will kill bacteria. Corid does not treat bacteria.

I swear I'm not trying to confuse things but I am trying to share what I am inferring from the information provided.

 

[BY Bob]

How does an antibiotic work against cocci? Somehow in the reproductive cycle?

It is not coccidicidal (kill coccidia) it is coccidiastatic. It prevents the coccidia from replicating by inhibiting the coccidia's ability to produce folic acid. Without folic acid the coccidia cannot make DNA. This freezes the number of coccidia and enables the chicken's immune system to clear the infestation.

 

[BY Bob]

Sigh... I miss her a little more than usual today.

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Gone much, much too soon

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you! I do appreciate advice from experienced chickeneers. I have always wanted mille fleurs, but there are some gorgeous Polish also. Probably I should get both!

I support this!

 

[BY Bob]

Thank you! I’ll see what other people have to say, but reading what you’ve said, and most of the article, I will most likely finish the dosage. Should I put some in the water so that everyone else gets a little bit?

She took it pretty well this morning. I gave her 1ml.

No. Absolutely do not dilute. Give everyone a full course or none. Try to never give an antibiotic part way. That is how resistance occurs.

 

[BY Bob]

Alright, I’ll finish the course.
Does she need to get it around the same time every day? I gave it to her at 7am today, and I’ll do the same tomorrow, but I won’t be able to Saturday and Sunday. I’ll be able to give it to her if I tell my parents she needs it, but it won’t be early.

As close to the same time as possible. You want to maintain a therapeutic level as evenly as possible. Do your best. That's all any of us can do.

 

[BY Bob]

I read about that too, but she didn't have any other symptoms at all. Nothing with her pupils or weird spots in her eyes, nothing neurological or otherwise physically wrong with her (other than her chronic cough). I know it's still a possibility, but I think it's more likely it was a natural change. I've seen threads on here of chickens' eyes changing color, and usually it happens during adolescence...or molt? Both?

But Aliss' eyes were green, so light green that in certain lights they looked bluish, but they were green.

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Green eyes

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First picture of her eyes transitioning from dark brown to green (~4 months old)

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But they definitely looked bluish/silverish in direct light

Those are beautiful eyes.