Great minds think alike: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=56204
If you have a fast connection you might consider downloading the entire text: Avian Medicine Principles and Applications. The primary focus is on exotics/parrots. However, it has a good chapter on galliformes (with diseases listed so one can refer back to the chapters covering the individual offenders). Has a good formulary, surgery in detail, etc. (1138 pages, total). Most info standard for any species, unless otherwise specified.
Page 830 in the chapter on neonatology has a photo of a chick, the legs of which are braced by using sponge/foam blocks of various sizes to hold legs in correct position. You might try shaping some to fit on ankle that is swollen (prevent further deterioration due to pressure).
From the formulary:
"ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID - Aspirin (Butler; Vedco)
Available as tablets (5 or 60 grain) for oral administration. Also
available as 1.25 grain orange-flavored chewable tablets. May be
effective as an analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agent
in some avian species. May be indicated to prevent clot formation
and embolisms secondary to egg-related peritonitis, granulomatous
diseases and shock. Uricosuric at low doses and may be
effective in some cases of acute and chronic gout. A five grain tablet" [1grain-60mg so reg 325mg will do] (my brackets).
"can be mixed in 30 ml of diluent and administered at a dose of 0.5
ml/kg, TID (or 1 tablet per pint of drinking water)."
http://www.avianmedicine.net/ampa.html (first link to top left of chapter listing will open entire book for reading and just save it to your hard drive/individual chap. downloads on page, as well).
If you have a fast connection you might consider downloading the entire text: Avian Medicine Principles and Applications. The primary focus is on exotics/parrots. However, it has a good chapter on galliformes (with diseases listed so one can refer back to the chapters covering the individual offenders). Has a good formulary, surgery in detail, etc. (1138 pages, total). Most info standard for any species, unless otherwise specified.
Page 830 in the chapter on neonatology has a photo of a chick, the legs of which are braced by using sponge/foam blocks of various sizes to hold legs in correct position. You might try shaping some to fit on ankle that is swollen (prevent further deterioration due to pressure).
From the formulary:
"ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID - Aspirin (Butler; Vedco)
Available as tablets (5 or 60 grain) for oral administration. Also
available as 1.25 grain orange-flavored chewable tablets. May be
effective as an analgesic, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory agent
in some avian species. May be indicated to prevent clot formation
and embolisms secondary to egg-related peritonitis, granulomatous
diseases and shock. Uricosuric at low doses and may be
effective in some cases of acute and chronic gout. A five grain tablet" [1grain-60mg so reg 325mg will do] (my brackets).
"can be mixed in 30 ml of diluent and administered at a dose of 0.5
ml/kg, TID (or 1 tablet per pint of drinking water)."
http://www.avianmedicine.net/ampa.html (first link to top left of chapter listing will open entire book for reading and just save it to your hard drive/individual chap. downloads on page, as well).
