What does this hen have ?

[BJ]

I would do 2 t per gallon for the first couple of days to get it started in her system. I talked to an expert from Purdue University about medications and he said this type (from the feed stores) is very dilute. Couldn't hurt, with the severity of her infection, to double the dose.

 

[nccountrygirl]

you can also use only half a gallon of water and double the Terramycin so it will get into her system faster, you need to change the water every day and give new treatment daily for 7 days. Best of luck to you and her

 

[johnnyjack]

i realy dont know that much about meds ..maybe something stronger for her would work better.

 

[nccountrygirl]

Johnny, hey Bro.

 

[silkiechicken]

Ok, so that stuff is very dilute and can "work" within a factor of two. They say 5 packs per gallon will equal 400mg/gal when used in a stock solution of 1:128.

Thus. If you want 600mg/gal, go with what I told you earlier. Divide that package into 16 portions and put 1 of the 16 portions in one gallon of water.

(5 packs = 50mg) in one gallon stock solution to get 400ng/ml

Use that stock solution 1:128, as found via looking at the part of the instructions that say to use one ounce per one gallon of the stock solution. 128 ounces in a gallon.

It wouldn't hurt to make it 800mg/gal so to do that, divide your packet into about 12 portions, and use one portion per gallon. (Actual will be a bit higher but to no ill effect I would presume)

 

[johnnyjack]

Quote:
ok whats the joke what did i do now lol

 

[nccountrygirl]

Johnny, do you remember stating that my mom had the same last name as you, that is what I meant.

 

[urbanagrarian]

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Thanks so much silkychicken. Last night I put 1/2 teaspoon in a pint of water for her. You calculations confirm what I did, f my calculations based on your lated advice are correct.
I measured the packet and it was 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon which = 17 tablespoons.
17/12 = 1.41 Tablespoons. per gallon or
1.41/8 = .176 Tablespoons per pint (16 oz)
.176 x 3 for teaspoons per pint = .52 teaspoons

A little update on her...
I brought this chicken home yesterday afternoon so I could observe and treat it more easily.

I have been partially cleaning out the ears but they crud up after a few hours. It is NOT possible to just pull the plug out. I started her on oral oxytetracycline (see above) late yesterday. I could not find any pediatric ear drops, but I did find some pediartic eye ointment that has ethiromycin(sp) in a petrolatum and mineral oil base. I applied that to the ears.

Today I decruded the ears a bit, and them applied the ointment to one ear and hydrogen peroxide to the other one. I may continue this until I see that one or the other is working better. I'm thinking I wont keep decruding the ears as much as this is stessful to her and they just crud up again. It all depends on how things look and if the antibiotics kick in and help pervent the copious goo/crud. I know there is still infection because of the smell when I fiddle with the ears.

She continues eat and drink and seems reasonably alert. She has eaten layer mash, scrambled egg and a bit of yogurt. I'm happy to see her drinking, becasue that means she is getting the oxytetracycline.

This morning I noticed a bright red drop of blood on the the new shavings I put in her cage yesterday. She was on straw before so it would have been harder to see the blood if it was happening before. Not sure if its a new development or not or where it came from.

It's funny I was never a fan of bantams. She is a bantam or a bantam cross. so I may have to change my opinion of bantams now that I'm so invested in one.

I'll try to post a picture of her later today, but frankly she doesn't look much different to me at this point.

Urban Agrarian
http://urban-agrarian.blogspot.com/

 

[silkiechicken]

Blood in the shavings? Hmm. That is a tell tale sigh of cocci to me.... usually I'd say treat with amprol or sulmet, but you are giving antibiotics right now. Good luck.

 

[1WildHairL8tr]

Is it possible that cocci is the cause of infection in the ears too? If I remember correctly, cocci is a gram negative rod that will only respond to certain anitbiotics. Maybe that's why the chick isn't responding so quickly to the tetracycline meds (ie. continued gunk growing in the ears)?
Could be this baby has had a cocci infection and has contaminated herself with her own poo causing the gross external ear infection.
Is this all just crazy talk?!?