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I do, but only measures down to 0.1 grams

I’m attempting to treat a respiratory infection in my 2 goslings. I have (Baytril) enrofloxacin 10% powder, meaning for 100mg of powder only 10mg is enrofloxacin. My geese are 6.8 and 6.6 lbs which is 3.08kg and 2.99kg. The dosing recommendations are 10mg of enrofloxacin per kg. So (from what...

I may ask you to, I’m not super familiar with messaging or who she is but I’ve seen her post on a lot of dosing threads with really helpful advice.

the powder I have is 10%, so 10 mg of medication is 100mg of powder. That’s where the 300mg of powder came from (30.8 mg of medication is 308 mg of powder). (Right?) I have a scale, but only measures to 0.1 gram, so was just planing on dosing both at 300mg of powder (30mg enrofloxacin) And thank...

I received the enrofloxacin in the mail today and I’m currently doing the math for dosage. (Forgive my wording my brain has stopped working as efficiently) It’s enrofloxacin 10% powder, so 10g of enrofloxacin per 100g. I’m wanting to directly give my goslings their meds measured out twice a day...

Back in march my mom brought home goose eggs from someone who was giving them away to eat. I’ve incubated geese before and she thought I’d be interested in hatching them. We were unsure if they were even viable but I put them in the incubator and a few days later we had veins. The person who...

Update: The feathers have been plucked and it looks a lot better. Swelling and redness have gone down. Not showing any pain and acting normal. He doesn’t like when I look at it though lol. The main feather that was infected was pretty cool, it seems like 2 feathers merged and we’re growing out...

Update. I spoke with a friend that works at a waterfowl sanctuary and she said it is indeed an infected feather shaft/follicle and the best course of action is to pull it out. It kinda looks as if 2 follicles merged in one area, I think 3 total look infected. The wing is getting more red so she...

I feel like my goslings are falling apart with my frequent post. But today I noticed my 7 week old Chinese gosling’s wing was red and swollen. Last week I treated him for Angel wing and this was not present at the time, and I haven’t noticed it until now so I believe this is new. The feathers...

Thank you for your explanation on the antibiotics, that is very helpful. All my chickens are healthy, not showing any signs/symptoms of illness, and they are not kept together so it’s just my geese. I got chicks 8-9 weeks ago and hatched my geese about 7 weeks ago. I purchased the enrofloxacin...

Is there a specific reason/preference for enrofloxacin vs doxycycline or other antibiotics?

They’re on flock raiser and and grass, and on towels that are changed at least daily. I have chickens but they are not together. No abnormal droppings, changes from dark (from the grass) and light brown (from the flock raiser). Their bedding gets damp from their water spilling but doesn’t stay...

I have 2 7 week old Chinese goslings showing signs of early respiratory infections. One gosling started showing signs almost 2 weeks ago with one eye tearing up and I treated with terramycin thinking it was only an eye issue. He now has a runny nose occasionally, excessive saliva, and some...

https://bramblewoodhill.com/incubating-hatching-goose-eggs/ I used this website for hatching my geese and I reference it frequently. This has been the most straight forward advice other than this forum. Your temperatures and days will be different for ducks, I’ve never incubated ducks only...

40-50% is a good start but might end up dropping it lower. Try 40-50 with the cooling and misting and candle them frequently to see if they’re on track with their air sacs. If the air sac is too small the humidity needs to go down, if it’s too big then it needs to go up. Also temperature is the...