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dheltzel said:
If it happens to be a pathogen that responds well to IM antibiotics, injections by a vet can cure quickly. Or something that is plain to see, a physical injury or break. But if it is a virus or a resistant pathogen, the vet is unlikely to help.
If you have a lot of birds, buying a bottle of Tylan 200 and disposable syringes is a lot cheaper than a single vet visit, and likely as useful in actually saving the bird.
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Wilbur --the cockatoo --got the IM injections at the vet and the trauma of crating and transporting her broke my heart. Where do you get Tylan?
 
Lelanae said:
Wilbur --the cockatoo --got the IM injections at the vet and the trauma of crating and transporting her broke my heart. Where do you get Tylan?
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TSC or any livestock supply place online.
https://www.jefferspet.com/products/tylan-200-250cc $45.99
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/elanco-tylan-200-injection-250-ml?cm_vc=-10005 $54.99
https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail...&grpsc=1210&sp=f&utm_content=16020&ccd=IFF003 $45.99

You will pay $9 more to get it from TSC. If you buy some needles (or something else) from Jeffers to get the total above $49, shipping is free.
I have Tylan 50 that I give orally. If I was going to inject, the 200 means a lot less volume is needed. This is a strong, veterinary only, antibiotic and does create some tissue damage where injected, so pick a different spot for each injection. I consider it a "last resort" to save a bird that is not responding to other treatments..
The reason it is still available without a Rx is that it is expensive and for injection. The cheap, orally administered drugs like Oxytetracyline are Rx only now to prevent use on a wide scale by farmers. Dosing orally is not as good as an injection, but I hate needles. For you nurses, the injection is not a problem. If your pathogen is treatable with Tylan, a daily injection will do more than any vet visit, for a fraction of the price. OTOH, if it is Marek's or one of other untreatable pathogens, it is a waste of money either way.
 
Question: My little lavender chick (Copper Marans X Ameraucana) is substantially larger than her full sibling and half sibling at 3 weeks old. Does this suggest she is male? I have a few more hatching next Friday, and I need to decide if i am going to keep this group, or maybe see if there are a few lavenders in the next group. (Before you all make snide comments -- this next hatching is a science project for my autism class -- really!)
 
Thank you, Dennis. I am good with needles. Feliciadawn, I don't know the answer to your question--but what a wonderful thing you are doing for your class! I hope that the chick is female--olive egger, maybe?
My question today --is does anyody feed suet or peanut butter to their hens when the weather is this nasty? I have a ton of suet...some aging peanut butter......
 
Lelanae said:
Thank you, Dennis. I am good with needles. Feliciadawn, I don't know the answer to your question--but what a wonderful thing you are doing for your class! I hope that the chick is female--olive egger, maybe?
My question today --is does anyody feed suet or peanut butter to their hens when the weather is this nasty? I have a ton of suet...some aging peanut butter......
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Never have but I bet it wouldn't hurt. They'd probably love it!


On a totally unrelated note.... why am I selling out of Halloween and harvest hen saddles in February?? Is there something I don't know? I have 9 going out just today and had quite a few leaving over the past week or two ...
 
Lelanae said:
Thank you, Dennis. I am good with needles. Feliciadawn, I don't know the answer to your question--but what a wonderful thing you are doing for your class! I hope that the chick is female--olive egger, maybe?
My question today --is does anyody feed suet or peanut butter to their hens when the weather is this nasty? I have a ton of suet...some aging peanut butter......
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I am giving suet just because I have it. Peanut butter sounds like a great treat too.
 
feliciadawn said:
Question: My little lavender chick (Copper Marans X Ameraucana) is substantially larger than her full sibling and half sibling at 3 weeks old. Does this suggest she is male? I have a few more hatching next Friday, and I need to decide if i am going to keep this group, or maybe see if there are a few lavenders in the next group. (Before you all make snide comments -- this next hatching is a science project for my autism class -- really!)
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At 3 weeks, I would not trust size as an indication of sex. At 2 months, maybe.
 

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