Sick chick, eye infection

[H.R. Cluck-N-Stuff]

I crushed the amoxicillin and dissolved into 65cc of water, so it's in about 18-20mg a dose 2 a day of 1cc of the solution. It's not a perfect science with a lot of the powdery on the coating and such, I adjusted.

I'm trying to save this chick obviously, but im also trying my hardest to learn what I'm doing before in to nervous to act on a bird that I'm very attached to, also.

 

[coach723]

If the chick will eat then using @Eggcessive 's method may be easier to do (I actually will probably try doing it that way in the future unless they are not eating). If you do it mixed in water make sure you shake the syringe well as the particles tend to settle out, I often have to add water to the syringe at the end and shake it up some more in order to get it all out. Only give a small amount at a time into the front of the beak and let it swallow so you don't cause it to aspirate any into the lungs, just repeat until the entire dose is given. For adult birds I never give more than .5 ml at a time, for chicks less than that.

 

[Eggcessive]

Yes, Coach 723 my method works well if they will eat a small tidbit of the meat. Plain unsweetened regular yogurt can work as well as a medium, and the medication should stay dispursed when pulled up in a syringe, so that you can squirt the medicated yogurt with a needle-less syringe into the mouth.

Some medicines can be frustrating if they are not water soluble. I used to wrack my brain with various methods, trying to get medicines into kids’ feeding tubes in the children’s hospital during my career. Also, with many pets, we have had to calculate reducing a keflex or amoxicillin capsule into a dosage for a small dog or cat. My bloodhound may need 2 whole capsules, while my Yorkie gets a 1/4th or 1/8th.

 

[H.R. Cluck-N-Stuff]

Okay, will lower the dosage, haven't been forcing the dosage, just been dribbling it at the side of the beak.

I wish I could get out to eat, but not yet. I have bologna, will try some tomorrow. Scrambled eggs a no go.

Managed to cleanly remove one pus plug today, the other one seems to be trapped further under her lid, and I wasn't able to free it all. Did remove the majority of it, I know that isn't good enough but hopefully that provides some relief and the antibiotics can work.

Considering euthanasia, although at this point the chick is such a little fighter and it's gone through so much I'm torn. . It clearly has a will and seems to be doing better, actually? Seemed to have a little more energy.

 

[Eggcessive]

Many of the pus plugs take a time or two to get clean up according to those who post. Getting those out can help to clear up infections, and let the ointments and antibiotics work.

Amoxicillin may not be the right antibiotic to treat eye infection from something like mycoplasma or MG since penicillins do not work on them. Things like
Tylan 50 injectable for cattle from the feed stores, or doxycycline, tetracycline, or some others may work better. I don’t know if you can get hold of any of those. Some things to try in feeding chicks are wet chicken feed, cooked egg, tuna or salmon, chopped liver, and a little hamburger meat. Good luck, and thanks for helping.

 

[coach723]

Not sure what you mean, lowering the dosage? If you mean because I said no more than .5 ml at a time, that is just in order to allow it to swallow that much before giving more, not to limit the dosage. Correct dose should be given no matter how many mouthfuls it takes. Maybe I'm just confused by what you are saying?
Only you can decide if euthanasia is appropriate. I always try to save them if there is hope, especially if they aren't giving up.

 

[Saaniya]

Found this poor chick on the farm, had a swollen eye. I imagine in a scuffle with another chick or such, but I sprayed singe banixx on it, and hoped it would do better. Found the dame chick, eye worse and infection had progressed into the good eye (didn't know it was an infection at first) and looked like the corner of her eye was swollen. I did what I could with a little spray and triple antibiotic ointment, and put her in a little cage with food and water.

Both eyes swelled shut. I thought she was on her last leg but she drinks water from a syringe and in desperately trying to figure out this nurtri-drebch solution someone purchased for me because I tend to the chickens, but im having a hard time understanding the dosing, and prepping of it.

Anyone have any advice? What can I do for the little chick? I'm just a farm hand, and I try to care for the chickens best I can because the farmer is of an older mindset and he's just an egg and poultry farmer. We have hundreds of chickens, but im more an animal person than people and I bet I know them better than some people, so I do the best with what I can, so if anyone knows something I can do, please in all ears.

I don't think I'm skilled enough for tube feeding or anything like that without hurting a bird. I don't have antibiotics in hand, and I myself live in a farm hand salary of very little and my meals here. So I wish I could do everything, but im probably going to be able to do very basic things. I do have a vet tech friend in the community that I might be able to reach out to - is there a specific antibiotic that helps and how to dose? I have cow amoxicillin....

Any help is appreciated please though. Ill try my best to pull get through, does anyone know what I'm dealing with?

Oh that's poor baby
Seems to me CRD many chicks gets it in their farm life sad

U should treat her for CRD with baytril , or doxycycline for 5 days in a row

And clean her eye with lukewarm water gauze

 

[H.R. Cluck-N-Stuff]

Oh that's poor baby
Seems to me CRD many chicks gets it in their farm life sad

U should treat her for CRD with baytril , or doxycycline for 5 days in a row

And clean her eye with lukewarm water gauze

What's CRD? The length of time this has been going on without her actually getting any food and the infection persisting is the problem.

I can't get her to eat and as I said, I'm not experienced for tube feeding.

I don't make enough to go buying all this on the drop of the some, I'm working to slowly acquire these things one by one so when an emergency arrises, I can help, but my paycheck is very limited and this a farm with over 600 chickens that aren't mine that I care for, with a very old school farmer.

 

[coach723]

CRD is chronic respiratory disease, which encompasses several virus's. Since you have not mentioned any other symptoms, nor did you mention any other birds that were having symptoms of illness also, I did not suggest that, most respiratory illnesses are very contagious. It's possible, but it's also possible that there was an injury or debris in the eye that caused an infection. I think you are doing a very kind thing by helping this chick, please don't take our suggestions as criticism, we are throwing things at you to help, but all of us have limits. Do the best you can, that is all any of us can do. Will it eat if you hand feed it? That will take more time on your part but may help. You can make a mash by mixing water into the regular feed and feeding small bits.

 

[Saaniya]

CRD is chronic respiratory disease, which encompasses several virus's. Since you have not mentioned any other symptoms, nor did you mention any other birds that were having symptoms of illness also, I did not suggest that, most respiratory illnesses are very contagious. It's possible, but it's also possible that there was an injury or debris in the eye that caused an infection. I think you are doing a very kind thing by helping this chick, please don't take our suggestions as criticism, we are throwing things at you to help, but all of us have limits. Do the best you can, that is all any of us can do. Will it eat if you hand feed it? That will take more time on your part but may help. You can make a mash by mixing water into the regular feed and feeding small bits.

Agreed as farm rise babies mostly got that cause air is always have strains of infection but u can treat it