Tylan 50 dosage for swollen eye and bubbles with runny nose? Help!

[MamaHynne]

So I got the Tylan 50, but it says it's for Cattle and Swine.

How much do I give to bird of 5 weeks?

Where do I inject it?

Did I get the wrong stuff?

Pearl's eye is swollen and I know it hurts.

I just want her well again.

 

[easttxchick]

.5 cc in the breast. Find the keel bone and fall off on either side. Inject it into the thickest part of the breast avoiding the crop.
Tylan is good stuff and yes, you got the right Tylan.
Make sure she is quarantined from the others in case it is something communicable.
Good luck to you!

 

[dawg53]

You can also give tylan 50 orally. For a 5 week old I would give 1/4cc orally once a day x 7 days. Injecting is quicker acting though.

 

[MamaHynne]

Thank y'all so much!

 

[MamaHynne]

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Does she require a series of shots over a period of days or just the one? How do I proceed? And thanks again!

 

[MamaHynne]

All right, I manned up, and gave her the shot.

She was quite upset with me, walked around with her mouth open but said nothing, then she closed her mouth and walked some more. Then she walked up the ramp to the brooder and just laid down.

Just checked back on her, she's eating and drinking, so hopefully this medicine helps.

 

[chickengrl]

I would give her 5 days of the shots. I learned on here that the best way to give it is just under the skin at the back of the neck. It doesn't hurt as much and apparently is the preferred method. Peter Brown, the chicken doctor, from www.firststatevetsupply.com had also told me to give it this way. Good luck!

Just pull up the loose skin at the back of the neck and insert juct under the skin with small needle. Just be careful not to poke through the other side and inject the medicine on your helper (don't ask how i know

) and also careful not to stick your own finger on the other side. (managed to not do that one)

 

[MamaHynne]

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Thanks Chickengrl.

I went out to see her and her eye was not swollen anymore, but there was this thick mucus-y slime hanging down from it as it was stuck shut. I quickly got some cotton balls soaked in some warm water and began cleaning it. She didn't fight me one bit. She almost seemed grateful and relieved. She went back to resting, but looked a little better. I did notice while holding her that another pullet has the same thing. I've gone through this with others, it seems like when I get one cleared up, another gets it. I've bleached everything, changed out the dirt, laid down lime and put in new dirt. I just pray this works.

 

[chickengrl]

Have you had any die? If so, you can take them to your state vet to be necropsied and get a final diagnosis. It is often free or at a low cost. It sounds like you are dealing with one of the chronic respiratory diseases and even though you have some that seem to be getting better they are probably now carriers and infecting the rest of your flock. Is your sick hen isolated from the others? You probably should. I hope this helps. Chicken illness is unlike anything I have ever dealt with. It is nothing like human or furry pet ilnesses. I hope your hen gets better. Try to do lots of research on respiratory illness and learn all you can. Good luck!

 

[MamaHynne]

At the beginning, I noticed my game hens' chicks becoming sick--not all showed the "eye symptoms" but all had runny noses. A few had swollen eyes. I did a lot of research and it sounds like ILT/CRD. Either way, it wasn't good. After speaking with a friend who is a vet, I made the decision to cull the game hen's flock and treat the coop. The younger birds seemed just fine. My husband(Captain Sunshine) handles the culling because he's doen the farm thing all his life and I just can't handle it.

He said he got rid of them, but set them free in the lower wooded area on our 70 acre farm. He didn't tell me this until 3 days later. I was furious because those young hens could infect the wild turkeys, canadian geese and other wild birds hot to mention, it's hardly humane to starve an animal or leave them as an easy target to predators. I know he just had a harder time because these were young chickens and his intentions were good.
About a week after completely disinfecting the coop/pen, one of the younger chicks begam to have the eye/nose symptoms. Someone on the forum here was going through something similar, and a member told them to use terramycin. I'd seen the terramycin dosage reccommended while doing my research. I tried it for a week. The sick chick cleared up in one day, but I continued to give the entire flock a 10 day dosage to possibly ward off anyone else's exposure becaoming a full blown issue. 1 Day before the last dose, Pearl had the nasty eye. You know the story from there.

The other thing is, I have 7 healthy pullets inside who are 2 and 3 weeks old. They've not be exposed as I use hand sanitizer after leaving the pen, I leave my flipflops in bleach outside the pen and strip down out of my clothes in the mud room and throughly wash my hands again before entering the house. Anyhoo, I have maybe 2 weeks before putting the bab ies in the pen too. My heart breaks to think of them getting sick and/or the older flock continuing to have this problem. I had free range chickens for 7 years and never had any illnesses. This is really tough. Once I give an animal a name, and love it, it's horrible to think of putting them down.

Sorry about the long post. I'm off to see Pearl and Miss Belvedere to give them a shot and some treats.