Trip to Tractor Supply: what to get? UPDATE!

[mstricer]

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You're not alone. There are lots of people who don't, including me.

Thank goodness, I would think antibodics would go bad after a few weeks.

 

[Cindy in PA]

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You're not alone. There are lots of people who don't, including me.

Thank goodness, I would think antibodics would go bad after a few weeks.

Your definitely not alone. I used sulmet one time for one chicken in 19 years. I do now have Vetercyn (?) spray for any wounds or eye infections of any kind. Needed that when my guinea got cut up by another guinea. His eye & head were a mess, but a squirt a day did the trick. It is not an antibiotic.

 

[duckinnut]

Are'nt meds cheaper in Canada? I bought meds for my dog from there online,heartworm and frontline and it was a heck of alot cheaper. Have you looked online?

 

[wilobrookfarms]

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I know it seems like alot, but better safe than sorry. Fortunately...Most the things in my chicken cabinet also are needed for our cattle, horses, goat....Actually alot of it crosses over for our cattle. We raise angus and shorthorns. Usually have 50 to 60 head of cattle at any given time. (The antibiotics actually have a shelf life of over a year. Its marked on label)

 

[Floc Quebecois]

Thank you all for your help!

I feel I have to had that we are dealing right now with 2 hens that are not healthy... That is why we are going this extreme to get meds. When we started our chickens adventure, we decided we wouldn't spend money on vet bills. But when Easter (our EE) started showing some signs of illness, I couldn't take. I felt I had to do something as they are my responsibility. And so I did a lot of calls around to find out that none of the vets here are familiar with chickens, that they would charge me big $$$ to see my Easter even though they would not know how to help her, and some vets pretty much laughed at me for wanting to treat her! So, after reading a lot on here, we decided that we should try to help her ourselves. Same results with all my calls: meds need to be prescribed by vets who either don't want to see my Easter, or won't prescribe a "horse or livestock" antibiotics to a chicken... So again, here we are, considering moving to the us!

Seriously, a trip to TSC is our last chance to somehow treat our girls...

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I totally understand why you're doing what you're doing. I'm sorry your chickens aren't well and that you've had so much trouble trying to find a useful vet. Have you posted about what's wrong with your chickens on the forum before? Do you have an idea of what's wrong with them, yet?

 

[Floc Quebecois]

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Thanks WoodlandWoman!

We have a few possibilities in mind, but it's so hard to find out exactly what happened! Our EE started a cough and an impacted crop almost 2 months ago... We massaged her crop, fed her soft food but the crop would impacted again and the cough never quit. She is REALLY active for a coughing/sick girl though: eats plenty (normal feed and soft... crop seems to finally works), drinks, poops, wants to get out of her crate every we open it so badly it's almost a fight! Hopefully some oxine and antibiotics will do the trick for her!

Then, we have our little Herbie; a antwerp belgium. I saw her being sluggish one morning, not wanting to come out of the coop. Usually, the morning, all my girls are running out when I open the door... that morning, she wouldn't quit the doorstep. So we took her in and found out she was more lice than hen! We gave her a bath which put her in shock: man that's scary! After an hour or so, she came back to herself and 2 days later we reintroduce her in the flock. She was in there for 5 minutes when 2 of my girls chased her inside the coop and I heard a squawck! I opened the door to find my herberst on her back not moving: scary has hell AGAIN! But she was fine... then we monitored her closely and the girls slowly stopped paying attention to her. That night, when I went to close the coop, she wasn't roosting. She was on the floor with my sweetest girl, my brahma. I figured the others wouldn't let her roost and that Bugsy would keep her comfortable over night. The next morning, she was limping. Since, she has a limp and have a hard time keeping her balance. So here we are thinking maybe she injured her leg (didn't find any fracture) or she has a vitamins defficiency from the lice?!?!?! Or E.Coli or botolusm or or or...

So both are in hospital. The remaining 10 are healthy... No cough from them, no limps. My Marilyn (white cochin) gives me eggs everyday, and today, an another one started laying...

So what is going on with these 2????

 

[Floc Quebecois]

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I can get meds in NB. You could come here, we are not too far away!

WHAT?!?!
So it's Quebec the problem!!!!!!!

 

[Ole rooster]

This is going to be very interesting. Crossing the border with a box of syringes and a trunk fill of drugs. Oh my.

Hope you not treated like carring a pistola. That's why I don't travel outside the lower 48. My .45 goes where I go.

 

[Floc Quebecois]

Hey guys!

So apparently, you can bring back meds from USA into Canada!

My friend got back today with everything I wanted: it's Christmas all over again!

We started Easter on Tylan 50... I think I was more stressed out about giving her a shot then her getting it...
I also misted her with oxine... I thought we would be covered on everything: bacteria, virus, name it!

I'll let you know how it goes with her recovery!

Thank you all for your help and support!

I LOVE BYC!!!!!!!