Selenium for wry neck

[Blizzkona]

I just got liquid selenium for my 4 month silkie to help her absorb all the vitamin E she's getting, but I have no way of measuring the correct dosage. I know selenium is highly toxic if a chicken gets too much. The bottle has a dropper but no labels. Anyone have any advice? I'm supposed to give her 25 mcg a day, but I plan on giving her less since she's underweight with stunted growth.

 

[Chickinie]

If one dropper of the supplement is 200mcg, and you need 25mcg, you will need 1/8 of a dropper (a dropper is one suck of liquid with the black top, into an empty tube). The only suggestion I have to easily measure that is to play around with the dropped - see if there is 8 drops in a dropper. Or see where the liquid goes up to in the tube when you get one dropper full and try and mark out the 8ths and go from there. Maybe start at a very low dose of your measure because selenium is so toxic.

Do some research so you know what to look out for with selenium poisoning.

 

[hayley3]

Can't help on the dosage, but I killed a baby goat once, so make sure the dosage is correct or it can be deadly...

 

[Eggcessive]

When giving vitamin E 400 IU is a good daily dose for a chicken. For a silkie, you could use that or half that dose. Selenium is easily given in a small amount of scrambled egg bits, tuna, or sunflower seeds.