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[catherinedon]

Right 2 of my girls semm unwell as mentioned in previous posts. there is such an array of stuff on this site so was considering buying citricidal, garlic powder, apple cider vinegar and poulty nutri drops. am I doubling up here? what do I give when. My girls are not big drinkers and I may aslo need to gib=ve some ned that hatchery have advised for possible coccycideosis sp? really confuses how do I get anfd keep my girls tip top what to buy thanks

[Bramble]

What a brilliant question! I was just thinking along the same lines myself and wondering what I should have in my chicken medicine box (don't have anything at the moment). Lots of people also seem to use Herban too ...

Sorry to hijack your post, but will be very interested to read the replies!!

[quickcluck]

Citricidal is good to put in the water if they have the sniffles.. I don't use it at any other time...

 

Garlic powder I use all the time in the feed as it help with the smells ))

 

ACV I use every now and down as I do with life guard as it gives them a bit of a boost over the winter months,of if they are a bit under the weather.....

 

Nutri drops I use only if they are VERY poorly or have had a massive shock of some kind......

 

The only other thing I have is gentian violet (purple spray) incase of injury....

 

Does this help??? I am sure someone else with more knowledge will be along soon

[Margaret]

I always use poultry spice in their mash and a tea spoon of poultry drink in with their water.

[beach chick]

I think there's a chook medicine box list in the FAQ??

[Mercedes55]

I always put a pinch of poultry spice in the food and some AVC in the water too. I keep a pot of vaseline, arnica spray and purple spray in the Summer House too

[Blue-DiamondChick07]

I always use poultry spice in their mash and a tea spoon of poultry drink in with their water.

 

Thats what I do too, I also use that seaweed probiotic powder ..

[Tweety]

I have been using Herban in the water and, touchwood, the girls seem to be doing very well on it. I don't use it all the time, sometimes use ACV as an alternative, and sometimes just plain water. I have just bought something called Daily Hen Health, so will be trying that when the others have run out as and when they need a boost.

[Redwing]

If you have two sick chooks the time it takes these things to arrive will only leave them sick for longer - it then takes a couple of days for any improvement to kick in

 

I'd get hold of your vet and see if they are willing to prescribe some Baytril or Tylan for you

 

Also all of those things plus delivery (if under £50) will probably cost you about the same as a vets opinion

 

Its probably best not to linger over the decision

[Mercedes55]

Totally agree Tasha. I think OH paid about £28 when he took our girl to the vet on Saturday and I do wonder if she would have survived without the intervention of the vet. Since then I have ordered about £40 of various calcium rich supplements to avoid the same thing happening again, but you can't really know what to buy for your girls until you know what is wrong with them

[Redwing]

I agree.

 

I have never paid more than £25 including meds at the vets even if I take a chook in to be looked at

[catherinedon]

thanks so much for all the advice. In my heart I knew I needed to go to the vet so have an appointment for 5pm tomorrow and I also spent way to much on omlet and bought various potions that will maintain my girls in a healthy state when they hopefully get better after antibiotics. I was also very frivilous and bought a new grub and glub including the new stand which looks great. Well I think the girls deserve a present

[scarlettohara]

If you have a poorly chook they have usually been ill for a while and none of those things will work - they are OK as prevantatives but not as cures

[Mercedes55]

If you have a poorly chook they have usually been ill for a while and none of those things will work - they are OK as prevantatives but not as cures

 

Yes it seems they hide their illness very well until they are so poorly that they no longer have the strength to

[clarefm]

I agree that once a chicken becomes poorly it is often too late as they are so stoical as to hide the early stages of illness.

 

My beautiful Barnevelder (in her first year) seemed in the peak of health, alert, interested in food etc. She had been a good weight but because she was so fleet of foot I hadn't picked her up for about a week. One friday afternoon a couple of weeks ago I was working in the garden and noticed she was sitting alone, all hunched up and unhappy. I'd watched them all freeranging earlier in the day and she had seemed fine. I saw she was slightly unsteady on her feet and she was very easy to catch.

 

I isolated her (put my old coop in the dining room as she'd have frozen outside with no one to snuggle up to). She didn't touch water or food and on Sunday showed clear signs of rattling breath and respiratory distress. I made my mind up to take her to the vet on Monday and syringed some water with a drop of poultry tonic into her beak to try and give her a vitamin boost and stop her dehydrating.

 

She was dead in the morning. We were all heartbroken as she was everyone's favourite - she seemed cleverer than the others and was so handsome. It happened so quickly, but in fact when I picked her up she weighed almost nothing so clearly whatever was wrong had been affecting her for some time. I hadn't noticed under the feathers. I'd recommend trying to pick up every bird every day - it's not easy as some of mine were clearly never used to being handled and are very hard to catch. My new Vorwerk, another stunner, is almost impossible to catch as she's so fast. I think its worth perservering until they get used to it.

 

Regarding medicines I now have added Colloidal Silver, a natural antibiotic, plus citricidal for sniffles, to my kit - ACV, Verm-X, poultry tonic and gentian violet for injuries and pecking.

[beach chick]

I'd recommend trying to pick up every bird every day - it's not easy

 

hope that looks like a quote? Claire's advice, and I do agree - or once a week maybe if once a day is difficult. it is not easy though, and those feathers are very good at hiding weight loss....