Using Aspirin on Chickens

[larcie]

Oddly I used a paper plate to stop my chicken scratching at a sore on her neck. I cut a small hole in the middle and popped it over her head and round her neck. Kept her away from the others until it stabbed over and then removed the paper plate and let her back in with the others.
Could something like this help with your problem?

 

[Spoiled Birds]

I couldn't find baby aspirin in the several drug stores I went to, but I read that I could give them regularly aspirin. Could I crumble a 81mg aspirin tablet over some yogurt and give that to her? Or would it be too strong? What is the difference between baby and regular aspirin?

i think i read the other day that you do 1/4 twice a day, more than likely dissolved using dropper. Right Kathy?

 

[casportpony]

Not saying anyone is wrong, but I was curious, so I looked up the dosing in "Clinical Avian Medicine" and it says the aspirin dose for birds is 5mg/kg (5mg per 2.2 pounds) 3-4 times a day.

That info is here:
http://avianmedicine.net/content/uploads/2013/03/09_therapeutic_agents.pdf

-Kathy

5 mg per Kg/2.5mg per pound, TID. However, we dosed our 8 lb. roo at 10mg. per lb., BID, to good effect (recurring bumble foot). Pretty much increased dose by observing activity level. Vet had him on Cephalexin as well. Found that the easiest way to dose was to crush a chewable 81 mg. Aspirin and simply divide into nearly equal piles when determining lower dose. Then, daub up the antibiotic & Aspirin on grapes and he scarfed them right down. Really helped him get around during his 8th, and final year.





ED: Experimenting with dosing can be fatal - so, you're on your own in that regard (what worked for a 6-8yr. old production RSL rooster that was under regular observation - could be totally inappropriate in other circumstances with other chooks)

 

[sunflour]

RE: aspirin for chickens, found this site.

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry


Give Painkiller

• CAUTION: Do NOT give Ibuprofin (Advil, etc.) or Acetaminophen (Tylenol, etc.) to birds! Those are harmful to them.
• Buffered aspirin (such as Bayer, etc.) can be used for a chicken to help reduce:
  • Stress, listlessness, discomfort, pain
  • Fever
  • Swelling / inflammation.
    Caution:
    Aspirin thins blood and keeps it from clotting as quickly as normal.
    • You should wait until internal and external injuries have begun to heal before using aspirin.
    • Birds bruise more easily when on aspirin.
    • Aspirin carries risk of some damage to digestive system lining. The risk is higher if old, non-buffered, or broken-up pills are used; or if given in high or frequent amounts.
  • Note: A standard baby Aspirin is 80 mg, and a standard adult Aspirin pill is 325 mg.
  • Dose for chickens: Approx. 25 mg per pound of chicken's body weight each day.
    • Examples: For a 6-lb. Large Fowl Leghorn rooster, give 1 baby aspirin or 1/4 of a regular aspirin for a morning dose, and the same amount for an evening dose ( = ~150 mg total per day).
      For a Bantam 1.6-lb. Bantam Leghorn rooster, give 1/4 of a baby aspirin for a morning dose, and the same amount for an evening dose (= ~40 mg total per day).
  • To administer:
    • To give immediately or in individual administrations: Crush up and split dose up into 2 or 3 administrations per day. Sprinkle the powder on a small tasty treat such as fruit or yogurt and give to the chicken.
    • To have the chicken self-administer throughout the day: Crush up the total daily dose and dissolve in the approximate amount of water that the chicken drinks each day. Pour into chicken's drinking container.
• Never give a chicken any kind of painkiller with 'caine' in the name. These are EXTREMELY toxic to chickens if overdosed.
  • Exception: Procaine Penicillin injectible is not as risky because it is rarely overdosed.
  • Do NOT use a Triple Antibiotic Ointment with "Pain Relief" or Painkiller because almost all include '-caine' ingredients.
    • Exception: Neosporin with Painkiller products usually only use Pramoxine HCl as the painkiller ingredient, and that is alright for chickens.

 

[gailml]

I couldn't find baby aspirin in the several drug stores I went to, but I read that I could give them regulary aspirin. Could I crumble a 81mg aspirin tablet over some yogurt and give that to her? Or would it be too strong? What is the difference between baby and regular aspirin?

My 2y/o silkie hurt her leg. I gave her a Bayer low dose 81mg tablet 2x/day for 3 days then once a day for 4 days. I crushed the tablet and sprinkled over a treat given only to her. She was fine at end of dosing. Your injuries are much different but she could have discomfort & the aspirin could help.