Help hen having trouble breathing, pale comb!

[1 true Phoenix]

She weighs a little under 2 lbs. I'll check... I may have baytril...

 

[casportpony]

Both the Tylan and the metronidazole are good for treating gram-positive bacteria, but many of the bacterial respiratory infections are gram-negative. Here is a little peachick that I used Baytril on:

He was 100% better in 48 hours and never got sick again.

 

[casportpony]

Great picture!

This is what the phlem looks like that I swab out of her mouth... Some is yellow and some clear... any ideas? Am i using the right meds on her?

Looks like snot to me, so my best guess is a bacterial or viral infection.

Thank you for the info azygous... My eyes were going buggy reading through all the info again. Do you by any chance know about canker in chickens... Was wondering if there is always a foul smell associated? My chicken has at least 6 tiny yellow spots in her throat... They look almost like pimples... But her breath doesn't stink...

The canker I have seen here does not look like little pimples.

Thank you azygous... Any idea on metronidazole dosing... I've been trying to find it but am finding answers anywhere from 60mg to 250mg and still not sure how many times a day. We have metronidazole 250 mg pills. Last night we did give her 1/4 of a pill (62.5mg) .

The dose I use to treat canker is 23 mg per pound once or twice a day.

Gave her a small pea size amount of safeguard and had planned to follow up 10 days later.

A small pea-sized amount is only 15-25 mg fenbendazole.

 

[1 true Phoenix]

I do have baytril... What would the dosing be for a banty cochin... She weighs a little less than 2 lbs... I think about 28 ounces?

 

[casportpony]

I do have baytril... What would the dosing be for a banty cochin... She weighs a little less than 2 lbs... I think about 28 ounces?

Which Baytril do you have?

 

[casportpony]

The most commonly prescribed amount is 10 mg/kg twice a day, but there was one vet that prescribed a goose 15 mg/kg twice a day.

28 ounces is ~0.794 kg
0.794 x 10 = 7.94 mg twice a day
0.794 x 15 = 11.91 mg twice a day

If you have the 10% liquid that's ~0.8 ml to 0.12 ml twice a day.

 

[1 true Phoenix]

It is the 10% injectable... Can we give it orally... She doesn't have much muscle to work with for IM injection.

 

[casportpony]

It is the 10% injectable... Can we give it orally... She doesn't have much muscle to work with for IM injection.

It can be given orally.

 

[1 true Phoenix]

It can be given orally.

Good... Was afraid I'd have to give her injection but glad not to. Should I have her on a probiotic?

 

[casportpony]

Good... Was afraid I'd have to give her injection but glad not to. Should I have her on a probiotic?

The Baytril will kill most good bacteria too, so I wouldn't bother.