Sub cutaneously injected with tylan, looks quite pink and puffy at injection site

[Crabbylady]

Need immediate help please.

First time injecting antibiotics. I just went to do it for the next dose and see there is a fluid collection under the skin and some puffiness. I don’t think it’s infected but could be wrong but it does seem like the fluid has just collected there as that part of her neck skin looks taut and pink. Has this happened to anyone else when injecting chickens? It didn’t look that way this morning. I’m so upset. Please give me some feedback ASAP.
we did use alcohol and clean new needles

 

[Eggcessive]

If your chicken has a respiratory virus, antibiotics may not help. Tylan may help treat symptoms of mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.)

 

[casportpony]

The problem with giving it for longer than five days is that they're almost guaranteed to get a fungal infection for which you will need to buy another medication.

 

[casportpony]

I want to say twice a day .3 and she’s about two pounds

2 two pounds she should have been given 0.4 ml no less than twice a day. Can you get an exact weight on her? Did she improve at all?

 

[casportpony]

If your chicken has a respiratory virus, antibiotics may not help. Tylan may help treat symptoms of mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.)

Agree. It's also possible that if it is a bacterial infection that the Tylan is not effective on that bacteria. For example, is it's E. coli or pseudomonas aeruginosa, Tylan will not treat it.

 

[Wezdin]

@dawg53 @casportpony

 

[casportpony]

I tried oral and it didn’t affect the cough and open beak

How much did you give and how many times a day did you give it?

 

[Crabbylady]

She had oral twice a day prior to this for 5 days

 

[Crabbylady]

How much did you give and how many times a day did you give it?

I want to say twice a day .3 and she’s about two pounds

 

[Crabbylady]

Baytril, but it's banned for use in poultry, so that's something you need to consider.
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