I just posted this in oneof the call duck threads:
Here are my two problem children:
Little chocolate pipped internally five days ago, then I pipped it externally 24 hours later because it was slowing down. For those that hatch lots, I think you know what I mean.
I let it sit for another 24, then peeled away some of the shell and saw it still had a *huge* yolk. I thought seriously about culling it, but decided to leave in in a cup. So it sat in the cup for a couple of days and the yolk hadn't really gotten smaller, and now it was starting to smell like a rotten egg. I then rinsed off the nastiness and poured chlorhexidine over the yolk and abdominal area. Since there was a risk of a yolk sac infection I gave it 1mg of Baytril orally and have been giving it fluids as often as possible as well.
Do I have medical training? No, but I do have lots of experience giving fluids via a tube, syringe or subcutaneously as well as picking out proper doses of medications for all types of waterfowl and poultry.
If anyone here wants to learn how to tube, just get the tube, and I can teach you. No reason anyone should ever have to pay a vet to tube feed for them. This link has four great videos on tube feeding, three are from vets: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/805728/go-team-tube-feeding#post_12336208
-Kathy
Here are my two problem children:
Little chocolate pipped internally five days ago, then I pipped it externally 24 hours later because it was slowing down. For those that hatch lots, I think you know what I mean.
Do I have medical training? No, but I do have lots of experience giving fluids via a tube, syringe or subcutaneously as well as picking out proper doses of medications for all types of waterfowl and poultry.
If anyone here wants to learn how to tube, just get the tube, and I can teach you. No reason anyone should ever have to pay a vet to tube feed for them. This link has four great videos on tube feeding, three are from vets: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/805728/go-team-tube-feeding#post_12336208
-Kathy
I let it sit for another 24, then peeled away some of the shell and saw it still had a *huge* yolk. I thought seriously about culling it, but decided to leave in in a cup. So it sat in the cup for a couple of days and the yolk hadn't really gotten smaller, and now it was starting to smell like a rotten egg. I then rinsed off the nastiness and poured c[COLOR=252525]hlorhexidine [/COLOR]over the yolk and abdominal area. Since there was a risk of a yolk sac infection I gave it 1mg of Baytril orally and have been giving it fluids as often as possible as well.[/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]Do I have medical training? No, but I do have lots of experience giving fluids via a tube, syringe or subcutaneously as well as picking out proper doses of medications for all types of waterfowl and poultry. [/COLOR] [COLOR=333333]If anyone here wants to learn how to tube, just get the tube, and I can teach you. No reason anyone should ever have to pay a vet to tube feed for them. This link has four great videos on tube feeding, three are from vets: 
