I think she's doing better! She was out and about, eating, drinking, sitting in the sunny spot. I tried to put some green food coloring on her vent, so I could see if she laid anything. I got some green on her butt feathers, on my fingers, on her vent....? not sure. I'll try again tomorrow.
Yes, I know that it can sometimes be hard to get animals to take medication. I had to buy one of those pill crushers to crush up the one that I have to give to my dog twice a day, and then I have to mix it in a small bowl of food to get it into him. He's not supposed to have it on an empty stomach. He's going to be 13 years old this month on the 24th and I'm doing my best to make sure that he will at least make his next birthday.
I was thinking of getting one for the calcium, which is huge. She took it, dropped it, ignored it. So I had to get another one, pull down her wattles, and stuff it in. I hope she will continue to take the Fishmox from my fingers. That's easy.
It would work. Just crush it up and mix it into a bit of wet feed. I've never known a chicken that didn't love them some wet feed.
Before I had the Bielefelder's, I had a White Breese hen that was broody for close to a month and a half. That's not good for a hen to do that as they can get weak and skinny and waste away. If you don't want to hatch, it is best to break them as soon as they show signs of going broody. A hen that is going broody will start making a funny soft clucking sound.
