HEN IS WALKING, SLOW, NOT HERSELF

[NewChickenmama06]

Ok thank you! I will keep you posted.

Amoxicillin is perfect. Give her 250mg right now. Waking her up could keep her from being dead tomorrow. She should have 250mg twice a day. So in the morning, give her the second dose and tomorrow evening give her another. Continue until she's had the antibiotic for at least seven days.

You should notice a dramatic improvement in 24 hours if we're right about the Clostridium perfringens. But keep up with the antibiotic for seven days, ten if she still seems still a bit off.

You should have pushed a calcium into her by now. Give it to her if you haven't. Egg binding can kill, too. If an egg appears, and the hen is suddenly back to her normal self, then we can assume it was egg binding and not the bacterial infection, but give her the amoxy anyway for seven days. It will be cover in case egg binding caused the start of an infection in her reproductive system.

To sum up, you're treating for two possible things. If we're wrong about one and right about the other, no harm done. At least we've got the two most obvious things covered, and you're hen should be back to her self in a week.

Ok so this morning, my hen isn't eating much and she is making a noise that kinda sound like a low horn sound. I did get antibiotics into her last night and a little tums (she didn't like it much) this morning I only got about half in her. I only have 500mg capsules and break them open to measure the 250, so I sprinkle it on eggs or bread. If you have a better way of getting it her, I would greatly appreciate the advice

 

[azygous]

Torpedo feeding is one method of getting a med into a chicken. I just recently learned of it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...eeding-what-is-it-and-when-to-use-it.1532744/

 

[NewChickenmama06]

Torpedo feeding is one method of getting a med into a chicken. I just recently learned of it. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...eeding-what-is-it-and-when-to-use-it.1532744/

I just wanted to update you on my hen. I ended up bringing her to the vet yesterday. The vet said she is actually a healthy hen. She thinks has a GI infection which can cause the diarrhea and slower walking. They put her on amoxo-clov 125 mgs. She needs to stay away from the other birds the first 24 to 48 hours of being on the antibiotic. She definitely is improving. Thank you so much for your help, and everyone who helped ❤