How to get doxycycline without a prescription?!

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Hello, any trick to get doxycycline for a hen without paying 250 to go to a vet?
Thank you.

 

[sourland]

Try Jedds Pigeon Supply. @casportpony any ideas?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Hello, any trick to get doxycycline for a hen without paying 250 to go to a vet?
Thank you.

No offense but do you have an accurate diagnosis of a bacterial infection that doxycycline can cure?
Or should I say, what ails your chicken?

 

[casportpony]

What do you want doxycycline for? Google doxycycline for fish and you'll find some.

https://www.everythingbiorb.com/bio.../doxycycline-bird-biotic-bird-antibiotic.html

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

No offense but do you have an accurate diagnosis of a bacterial infection that doxycycline can cure?
Or should I say, what ails your chicken?

Thank you. I am dealing with her soft egg issues only so i thought....She seems to be laying soft eggs or dropping them from roost. last night, she layed somewhat of an egg on the run floor, and put herself to bed in nest well before roost time. This morning still in nest, no egg, inside for calcium citrate, she poops, and a worm! After epsom bath, pooped what looked like scrambled egg. Went into run, laid down, tail down. Did the dewormer. 2 hours later, still tired looking. Bright red comb, full feeling belly, laying in run see her drinking more. Brought her Inside more epsom salt bath, more scrambled egg for poop. Picture is her now after bath. Not eating, drinking more water. Called around exotic vets but they want 250 to see her. Was curious if I could get my hands on the bacterial infection antibiotics just to have on hand. Thank you. She looks tired.

 

[casportpony]

She looks dehydrated. Do you know how to tube feed? If she were mine I would keep her in a warm room (80-85 degrees is ideal), tube lots of Pedialyte or Gatorade, deworm for five consecutive days with Safeguard, & give her Baytril (enrofloxacin).

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

What do you want doxycycline for? Google doxycycline for fish and you'll find some.

https://www.everythingbiorb.com/bio.../doxycycline-bird-biotic-bird-antibiotic.html

She looks dehydrated. Do you know how to tube feed? If she were mine I would keep her in a warm room (80-85 degrees is ideal), tube lots of Pedialyte or Gatorade, deworm for five consecutive days with Safeguard, & give her Baytril (enrofloxacin).

I do not know how to tube feed. The thought is scary but I'm willing to learn?!

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

She looks dehydrated. Do you know how to tube feed? If she were mine I would keep her in a warm room (80-85 degrees is ideal), tube lots of Pedialyte or Gatorade, deworm for five consecutive days with Safeguard, & give her Baytril (enrofloxacin).

The deworm i gave today, 1.25ml through a syringe. I should do this again tomorrow? Same amount? I read 10 days later. I'm more worried about the broken egg inside her as i think thats the priority, or no? Thank you.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I understand the issue with vets. Those that see chickens are as rare as hen's teeth.
Many years ago there were close to 15 vet schools with poultry programs, now I think that is down to 3. Those who graduate with expertise with chickens almost exclusively work for large poultry enterprises. Read that as egg and broiler operations.
Don't waste time with exotic animal vets. Avian vets that are into exotics, see cage birds like parrots. Finding one with chicken experience is virtually impossible. Your best bet would be to find a large animal farm vet. They are much more likely to have poultry experience.
Now on to your bird. I'm not being flippant, but it appears you are doing nothing more than grasping at straws. When you have no true diagnosis, moving to antibiotics is the last thing someone should try.
Giving an antibiotic to a chicken in a backyard may seem inconsequential other than to the chicken and its owner, but that isn't the case.
There is a valid reason one is no longer allowed to buy antibiotics over the counter. All the same antibiotic families with a history of overuse in animal care are the same families used in human health. The result of such use not under the guidance of a medical professional and an actual diagnosis leads to bacterial antimicrobial resistance which resulted directly in 1.25 million human deaths in 2019 globally and contributed to another 5 million deaths. The World Bank estimates AMR will result in over $3 trillion losses to GDP in the next 5 years and a trillion dollars in increased medical costs by 2050.
Just a few years ago I read the 400-page book "Big Chicken" and was astounded by the complex issue of antimicrobial resistance.
I thought I understood how it worked but I didn't know the extent of how it happens. Due to processes I don't have time or space to explain here, the antibiotic doesn't even have to be used on the same bacteria species that becomes resistant and the two events can be hundreds of miles away from each other.
Have you even tried to have a fecal sample read?
I once had a flock that all had messy diarrhea while no other flocks on the property did. Rather than proceeding with my first thought which was to try worming that flock, I resisted and sought a fecal sample reading. I encountered the same thing you did which was vets in my metro area refusing to treat a chicken or read a fecal sample (even though any vet can do so). I finally found a large animal farm vet 40 miles away in another state who agreed to do a fecal without seeing the "patient". He discovered the birds didn't have worms but a clostridial infection. He prescribed and provided tetracycline which corrected the issue after discarding their eggs for 6 weeks. Had I wasted time worming, the problem would have persisted.