Renee Bailey
In the Brooder
Please help! New member here... I have 4 hens that are exhibiting definite signs of Clostridium Perfringens. I took one to the vet (not an Avian vet) but he did a fecal test and said it came back positive for two intestinal parasites and thought she might have another underlying infection in her intestinal tract so he prescribed Baytril for 10 days/twice a day. He also suggested I worm the rest of my chickens as they're not laying much right now. I gave them all a pea sized dollop of Panacur and will do that again 10 days later. However, after reading a post on BYC I believe my chickens definitely have Clostridium Perfringens. I contacted the vet that saw my chicken and sent him two links I saw online regarding this and where it said to use Metronidazole. The girl that works at the vet just called me back and said that I should give them all 80 mg. twice daily of this. My question is where can I get a liquid form of this? I don't want my chickens to die. They're my babies. Help!