Sour Crop antifungal dosage for Serama

[uisceros]

Hi all,

I have a 4 month old Serama hen that started acting off last night. I didn't realize something was actually wrong until this afternoon though. She has some pretty classic sour crop signs (large squishy crop, yellow liquid discharge from mouth - it doesn't smell though - I hope that's because I caught this early), so I separated her and immediately gave her some anti-fungal I had (I only had 1% clotrimazole, but I'm going to pick up some miconazole for her since that seems to be recommended more).

My question is, how much should I give a little Serama? When I gave her the clotrimazole earlier I erred on the side of caution and only gave her a pea sized amount. Is that enough? I don't have a weight on her currently, but I suspect she is around 1lb or less. Definitely not a micro, but not a big bird either.

 

[azygous]

Miconazole doesn't require precise dosing. For standard chickens I usually use half and inch to an inch of cream twice a day for seven days. So your pea size dose is in the ball park. I prefer to use a bit more to avoid the dose not being enough. No harm.

 

[uisceros]

Miconazole doesn't require precise dosing. For standard chickens I usually use half and inch to an inch of cream twice a day for seven days. So your pea size dose is in the ball park. I prefer to use a bit more to avoid the dose not being enough. No harm.

Thanks!! She’s already doing much better after the first dose of clotrimazole, but I’ll keep dosing her with the miconazole for the next week to make sure it’s gone. I think I caught it super early, which I’m grateful for!