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I think if you use Tylan 200 you will need to cut that dosage into quarters. My understanding is 1/4-1/2cc per bird of Tylan 50. Tylan 200 is 4 times stronger. Anybody correct me if I'm wrong.
You can get the diabetic syringes in various sizes. They would be eaiser to measure the smaller dosage.
That bottle will last you a lifetime plus. If you decide to use it maybe see if they have the Tylan 100 or Tylan 50.
I ordered Tylan 50 from Jeffers.com for $8.35. My feed stores don't carry the Tylan 50 and I checked all over.
First State Vet also carries it as well as Twin City Poultry online.
You would think that if you buy vaccines they they would send a few syringes along with it.
By the way FYI if you order $49.00 or more from the Livestock section of Jeffers there is no shipping charge. I just ordered the Marecks vaccine but they charge a FOB charge of 2lbs for each of them. In my case ordering two bottles was $12.34 for shipping. No additional charge for all the other items.
Sorry got off topic here.
As for sterilizing, what I have heard you can do is: When you are done with the injection rinse the syringe by drawing up clear water and squiring it out thru the needle a few times to rinse the needle. Then pour some rubbing alcohol in a small cup (just enough for each use, do not pour back into bottle when done). Draw up a syringe full of alcohol, squirt thru needle again. Draw up another syringe full of alcohol. Leave in syringe. Then take the cap from the needle and fill with the alcohol. put the needle in the cap and put end cover on after pouring alcohol in cover. This should keep the needle sterile until the next injection.
You will have to do this for each needle. Don't use either of the used (from using on chickens) needles to withdraw the medicine from the bottle. Preferably use a new needle everytime you poke into the bottle. If you don't have a new needle then have one needle just for drawing out the vaccine or medicine but keep it sterilized as well. When You draw up into the syringe and you are using a needle that has been stored in alcohol remember to only draw back on the plunger, never push any medicine/vaccine back into the bottle as there would be trace amounts of alcohol. Better to waste some of the meds than to pollute the whole bottle. What you shoul do to rinse the syringe completely of alcohol discard the first syinge full of meds/vaccine, making sure you squirt thru needle as well. Then draw up a new amount that you are going to use.
Hope this makes sense as this is what I remember reading on another site in the past. Couldn't find it so this is coming straight from my memory (which isn't all that good sometimes)
As far as using the same needle on all of the hens, guess that would be a personal choice, best to use seperate needles but that is alot of needles and you will be treating for several days. I would draw up enough solution as the syringe would hold and only use the same needle on visibly sick hens and another needle on no symptom hens. Remember to use the non chicken used needle to draw up more med/vaccine and don't forget to switch the needle back when you inject.
This sounds like alot of monkeying around but if you have no other choice what can you do???
Seems like it would work if you don't have access to new needles.
I use the diabetic needles that I get from
Walmart. You have to ask for them at the pharmacy counter. They are under $.20 each.
If you have a local vet mabybe you could bring the bottle of Tylan with you so they know you are going to use it legally and they could sell you some.
That really sucks about not being able to buy needles in NJ. Unfortuneatly the ones who reall need them are the ones who can't get them, think about all the poor animals.
Anyway, I've never injected into the breast, scares the bageebees out of me. I only inject under the skin on the back of the neck.
Keep up posted about your girls, Good Luck !!!
