Thank you, everyone. I checked her bottom a little more thoroughly--she actually doesn't seem swollen. She has bright eyes, and went to roost last night with a decent amount of food in her crop. She is still just lying down, usually in the sun, but does seem alert. I don't think she's been laying at all for a while. She is a little unstable when I get her up and going, a little shaky on standing, then walks out ok. It never rains but it pours though--I was in bed yesterday afternoon, sick as a dog, trying to breathe, and heard my pullets cackling....didn't get up...then the ducks started REALLY making noise and of course, there are 2 strange dogs--a border collie trailing a leash, and a great pyranees trying to get my ducks. I shouted, the dogs raced off, and upon going out to check the pullets, I'm missing 2. To make a long story short, I found a lot of feathers and one hen came back from who knows where, and the second was crammed into the hay bales as far as she could go... She was a bit shocky-- I would imagine losing your tail, getting a bite on your tail itself, and escaping from a dog would make anyone a bit upset. She's spent the night in the bathroom. SHe is talking to herself, has eaten and drunk a great deal, and will go out again when it warms up a bit--it's currently 36 in NW Colorado. So the original sick hen has been on the back burner for a bit. It seems that no one, including the vet, in this small town has Baytril, so does anyone have any suggestions for an alternate? I'd like to give her some antibiotic, but don't know which one. I do have Tylan, which I gave to a hen who had a respiratory infection in the spring. That cleared the infection right up..... SO, any advice for an antibiotic other than BaytriL?
