Sick Pea Chick Died - Going to Vet School For Necropsy - Will Post Results

[kuntrygirl]

Yes Frosty, you are right. My girl started eating and drinking on her own. And I have also been hand feeding it when I get home. When I was dosing, I was giving 6 mls/ccs two times a day. Just found out from LSU pharmacy, I wasn't giving enough. :/

Be VERY careful if you are trying to force feed her liquid. If you give too much, too fast they will sometimes throw up and aspirate it. It's also possible to have it go done the wrong hole. Either results in probable death.

Oh yea, I am very careful. I VERY slowly let the water slide down her tongue. My Mr. Turkey with his past issues and 12 poults that had wet pox gave me PLENTY experience with feeding liquid. :/

 

[kuntrygirl]

LOL @ up to us to do the math. More like Frosty doing the math. Frosty is the scientist behind the math.

Hope that you can find the link.

Frosty... scientist... (snort...) 

Frosty is an ex aircraft mechanic turned hardware store stalker (or is that stocker?  Hmmm... ) 

LOL @ snort.

See what I mean. I knew it. Aircraft mechanic = scientist.

Stalker/stocker same thing.

 

[kuntrygirl]

The water info might be in here:
http://www.harrisonsbirdfoods.com/avmed/ampa/15.pdf

Reading now. Thanks.

 

[casportpony]

This link has info on tube feeding. I'm not saying that you should, just want you to check it out...
http://forum.backyardpoultry.com/viewtopic.php?t=7933

 

[Frosty]

According to that site growing chickens should get 18% to 20% of the body weight in water. For a 2.61 pound chick, that would be .46 - .52 pounds of water, one gallon weighs about 8.35 pounds (approx, it actually changes slightly due to elevation). 8.35 divided by .5 is 16.7 so about 1/16th of a gallon (rounding down). 16 cups in a gallon, so about 1 cup which is 8 oz.

 

[kuntrygirl]

According to that site growing chickens should get 18% to 20% of the body weight in water.  For a 2.61 pound chick, that would be .46 - .52 pounds of water, one gallon weighs about 8.35 pounds (approx, it actually changes slightly due to elevation).   8.35 divided by .5 is 16.7 so about 1/16th of a gallon (rounding down).  16 cups in a gallon, so about 1 cup which is 8 oz.   

Thank the heavens for Frosty!

Told you that you were a scientist. hee hee hee

 

[Frosty]

Nah... just had to learn some math for the critters. Aircraft mechanics is more like insert bolt A into hole B, attach nut C and torque to x foot lbs. Or add fuel, x gallons at 6.4 pounds per gallon, aircraft already had x pounds of fuel plus x pounds added, total should be x pounds, compare total on guage to make sure it's within tolerance.

I learned more having to figure things like Ivermectin is given at x ml/100lbs to cattle and pigs. How much do you give to an 8.6 pound cat? (answer: .15 ml)

 

[casportpony]

According to that site growing chickens should get 18% to 20% of the body weight in water.  For a 2.61 pound chick, that would be .46 - .52 pounds of water, one gallon weighs about 8.35 pounds (approx, it actually changes slightly due to elevation).   8.35 divided by .5 is 16.7 so about 1/16th of a gallon (rounding down).  16 cups in a gallon, so about 1 cup which is 8 oz.   

Thanks, Frosty! I hate doing the math, that's why I had my roommate do my fancy Excel spreadsheet. All I have to do is enter their weight and it recalculates my peas meds, should they need them.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Nah... just had to learn some math for the critters.  Aircraft mechanics is more like insert bolt A into hole B, attach nut C and torque to x foot lbs.  Or add fuel, x gallons at 6.4 pounds per gallon, aircraft already had x pounds of fuel plus x pounds added, total should be x pounds, compare total on guage to make sure it's within tolerance. 

I learned more having to figure things like Ivermectin is given at x ml/100lbs to cattle and pigs.  How much do you give to an 8.6 pound cat?  (answer: .15 ml)

Glad that you know all of this stuff to help us.

 

[casportpony]

Frosty, can you figure out how many ccs of Sulmet that the sick pea should get? Then she could give it as an oral drench instead of in the water.