Please I need help with My imported Chocolate Orpington. She is sick. :(

PLEASE HELP ME HELP MY CHICKEN

My imported Chocolate Orpington got a cut on her eye and maybe inside. Her eye swelled up, I got an antibiotic creme for her eye and the swelling in her eye seems to be going down. The problem is she is obviously not feeling good and seems to be running a fever. I think she needs oral antibiotics but, I don't know what I am doing. Is Tetracycline Hydrochloride soluble powder ( Terra Vet ) an antibiotic? If so how do I make it? I only see instruction for really large amounts and I don't need that much. I only have one sick chicken. Can I give it to her with a syringe and if so how much and how many times a day.

Thanks,
Michelle

 

anyone???

 

This is long but some people seemed to want to know the whole story. Just thought I would worn you since it is so long.

I do know what caused this. Another bird obvious kicked her in the eye. She had a couple very small cuts on the outside of her eye and her eye swelled up. I put antibiotic ointment on the outside of her eye. After a couple of days it was obvious it was getting worse not better but, the cuts on the outside were gone. It seemed like maybe she had gotten hurt inside her eye too. I have never had this problem before so it took me a couple of days to find the antibiotic ointment. Once I started it her eye started getting better but, it is not all the way back to normal yet. I feel kind of a lump right above her eye. She has only been on the creme for three days now, so I think her eye will continue to get better. Here is the problem, yesterday when I went down she had started having diarrhea and is not being as involved as normal. She is kind of trying to hide in the corner. Well when I pick her up she is very obviously running a fever. I am thinking it took me to long to get the antibiotics eye creme and the infection had spread. So I want to give her a oral antibiotic and continue the eye antibiotic.

 

What would I flush her eye out with? If there is a cut in there wouldn't that be bad.

 

CowCreekGeek posted the instructions below. I just don't know how translate it. I think you are suppose to mix it and just put it in her water. The problem is even if I put it in the waterer with the way she is feeling I don't know that she will drink plus, I don't want the other chickens drinking it. So that is why I wanted to know if I could give it to her with a dropper and if I do how do I know how much to force her to have? Should I give her save a chick too?