Help! Found a chicken looking for owner but is sick! No vet in area!

I'm thinking with the head shaking, and sneezing, that it might have an upper respiratory thing going on. If you have the money, and you can buy some Tylan, which is great for such an illness, and will work very quickly. I buy the kind that is a powder, and you put it in their drinking water.....

Of course, I hate to say this, but people are right, you might just have a chicken that will be a disease carrier, and people often cull sick chickens for the good of the flock....

Good luck with whatever you decide to do! It's a very personal choice.

Sharon

PS: You can buy tylan at the farm store like TSC

 

do you have a farm store or CoOp near by? Most people do... they sell powder antibiotics for chickens in little bags. Pretty cheap. I bought a good sized bag of Duramycin-10 (which is a Tetracycline anitbiotic). It cost me $4.99 for the bag. It says on the bag "for swine, calves and poultry". You mix it in the drinking water -read the instructions. You could also ask ANY vet- you dont' need an avian vet, for an antibiotic called Baytril - it cost me about $10. I was using liquid Baytril at the rate of 0.1mm in a dropper down the beak/throat twice a day. (you'll need to open her mouth up) I used that on my sick turkey and she recovered well! There are a lot of options, but whatever you decide, you don't have a lot of time. You can't sit and think about it for a day, or your chicken will be dead. I'd go with the vet and ask them for the Baytril- that is your BEST option. I just used my dog vet, and he was very willing to help! Second best would be to go to Tractor Supply or an Atwoods or Orchelon.. some kind of farm store for the powder. But it won't work nearly as fast, but it's better than doing nothing at all.

 

worth a try since you have limited funds: I have read here and used Apple Cider Vinegar The natural kind, cloudy with the words "mother 'on the jar, costs about 5 dollars. take 1/2 cup ACV and 1/4 teaspoon cyanne pepper powder(also cheap) and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a glass cup and heat in the micro wave for one minute, let cool and add to a plactic or glass water jug with one gallon of water . The ACV and cyanne help to clear the lungs, boosts the immune system and can help with worms too. It is the natural way to help with SOME diseases. Give her some electrolyte solution in her water, different water than with the ACV mixture in it. Some antibiotics are not that expensive, I believe people use tylan for respiratory problems. Look up respiratory disease in the search for more info. good luck with her, she deserves a chance and she will reward you with her friendship

 

Quote:Hey, that's great!! I'm so glad! Let us know what the vet prescribes! If you need help with getting the medicine down her beak, I had troubles too and now have a good technique.

 

Thanks to you for being responsible and taking care of her. I applaud you.

 

That's great! the wormer and Baytril should fix her right up! Even a very urban city should have a farm store of some kind! A pet shop, too, perhaps? But the farm store will be much cheaper for finding the Ivermectin. So glad that you took her to the vet. I LOVE polish! Even the roosters are very sweet!