Urgent Help needed! Something attacked my flock. Injured chickens and Guineas need dosage for amoxicillin.

[Give4Joy]

Something got into my coop and attacked my flock. We are devastated. We love our birds and lost so many sweet friends last night. Trying to save the ones who survived. I have birds with a variety of wounds and wound severity. I need to know the best way to get amoxicillin into the entire flock to treat wounds.

 

[Belovedturkey]

Are you able to get pictures of the wounds? Do you have anything like vetericyn to put on the wounds. I would put the birds in a quiet low stress area preferably inside if you can for template regulation and to avoid any pestering from insects on the wounds.

 

[C Siena]

I am sorry for your losses. Pictures will help.
Have you cleaned the wounds and with what?

I think the amox is 125mg twice a day, but I need to look it up. I also need to check if you should give it to them and/or use a spray such as Vetericyn on the wounds.

I check on some things and others should respond that know better than I.

 

[Give4Joy]

I have a lot of wounded birds too mamy to photograph. Wounds range from puncture wounds, eye injuries and skin tares. I have cleaned as many wounds as I can see and put silver sulfadiazine cream on wounds (I have had success in the past with this on some rescue birds).

 

[Give4Joy]

Are you able to get pictures of the wounds? Do you have anything like vetericyn to put on the wounds. I would put the birds in a quiet low stress area preferably inside if you can for template regulation and to avoid any pestering from insects on the wounds.

I have cleaned and treated wounds topically but I have a lot of injured birds and am not sure if I found all the wounds on everyone. Birds are obviously traumatized and finding comfort in being together. I can take the more severe inside but they are the Guinea's and become frantic when separated from the flock....hard to know which is more stressful...

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Something got into my coop and attacked my flock. We are devastated. We love our birds and lost so many sweet friends last night. Trying to save the ones who survived. I have birds with a variety of wounds and wound severity. I need to know the best way to get amoxicillin into the entire flock to treat wounds.

I believe antibiotics would be a good preventative even if you’ve treated their wounds externally.

Also, what will prevent a second attack this evening? They need to be all inside a secure location, or you need to be absolutely sure you know how their coops were breached and have fixed it. A weasel will kill and wound indiscriminately, and can fit inside a tiny hole. Also suspect would be a raccoon, possibly a possum.

Dose: Important - You need to know their weights! From this post, dissolved and given orally by needleless syringe. 200 mg/kg orally, twice per day. Also electrolytes given because amoxy reduces available potassium
https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/26704465/

 

[Give4Joy]

I am sorry for your losses. Pictures will help.
Have you cleaned the wounds and with what?

I think the amox is 125mg twice a day, but I need to look it up. I also need to check if you should give it to them and/or use a spray such as Vetericyn on the wounds.

I check on some things and others should respond that know better than I.

Thank you! Some of the injuries are so deep and so many on one bird I feel like they need antibiotics but dont want to do anything that would hurt them more....

 

[Give4Joy]

I believe antibiotics would be a good preventative even if you’ve treated their wounds externally.

Also, what will prevent a second attack this evening? They need to be all inside a secure location, or you need to be absolutely sure you know how their coops were breached and have fixed it. A weasel will kill and wound indiscriminately, and can fit inside a tiny hole. Also suspect would be a raccoon, possibly a possum.

Dose: Important - You need to know their weights! From this post, dissolved and given orally by needleless syringe. 200 mg/kg orally, twice per day. Also electrolytes given because amoxy reduces available potassium
https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/26704465/

I believe it was Coyotes or dogs. They were in their coop for the night. We have our guardian dogs for extra protection but they were in at the time. They alerted me and that is when we ran out and interrupted the attack. My guardians found all the injured birds that were in different areas of our property (predators mist have dropped when the dogs approached. We live in a very populated area but these predators are brave and smart they knew the minute the girls came in. My husband is putting up electric fence around the coop for extra protection when our guardian dogs cant be out. My heart is sick these birds were also pets.
Thank you for the information

 

[C Siena]

I believe antibiotics would be a good preventative even if you’ve treated their wounds externally.

Also, what will prevent a second attack this evening? They need to be all inside a secure location, or you need to be absolutely sure you know how their coops were breached and have fixed it. A weasel will kill and wound indiscriminately, and can fit inside a tiny hole. Also suspect would be a raccoon, possibly a possum.

Dose: Important - You need to know their weights! From this post, dissolved and given orally by needleless syringe. 200 mg/kg orally, twice per day. Also electrolytes given because amoxy reduces available potassium
https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/26704465/

@Give4Joy

I was told by an Educator that most chickens around 5# can have 250mg twice a day. They also wrote that some give less, so 125mg-250mg twice a day is okay.

One can mix the powder in a little cream cheese, eggs etc, to get them to eat it.

 

[casportpony]

I think the amox is 125mg twice a day

It's 125 mg/kg twice a day, which is 57mg per pound twice a day.