Sneezing hen & coloidal silver

Piper, one of our ex-batts has been sneezing for a couple of weeks now. She is laying well and 'chooking' round the garden with her tail held high and the other 5 girls have not shown any similar symptoms, so I am not overly concerned with her sneeezing.

We had one of the dogs in for accupuncture this morning for her arthritis and mentioned Piper's condition to 'Mr Eric' the vet - he immediately said "oh, it's probably such & such" (although neither myself or OH can remember what such & such was - but it wasn't mycoplasma & he's not worried enough to want to see her)
 He gave us some coloidal silver, which I am glad about, as I've already given her a couple of drops on a couple of occasions to see if it would help.

He said to apply some to her nostrils (having cleared the snots) and spray some in her mouth - trouble being, we're not sure whether to dose her just once a day or more frequently!

Unless anybody knows any better, I think we'll dose her twice a day at the moment, as I believe it would be VERY hard to OD on coloidal silver!

Thanks ANHBUB - couldn't locate dosage for hens through my searches.

Been using coloidal silver for years on for ourselves and the dogs (great for spraying on spaniel wounds) - natural antibiotic, with from what I've learned, next to no side effects. (If a human takes too much (lots) their skin can change colour). Don't think it has any implications/interactions with other meds.

Read somewhere about the phrase "Born with a silver spoon in your mouth" - rich folk got less ill than poor folk, as they continually ingested microscopic amounts of silver from cuttlerery.

So - will dose her twice a day and see how she goes...

No probs.

Theres a lot of stuff out there about turning blue, but I think thats mainly from far too much and far too strong.
But hey, I dont think it would do any of us much good if we took 8 paracetamol 8 times a day, but we can still buy them everywhere for dirt cheap.

Like any medication, seek advice USE COMMON SENSE and avoid the marketing propaganda of the big pharmaceutical companies.

Hope it can help you  (& my Piper - of to squirt her now )