The best guide for avoiding aspiration. At first I didnt think I could do this but over the past few years Ive been able to medicate my ducks, geese, and chickens as needed without fear, because of this article, thanks
This was a great way of showing exactly how to administer medicine for a chicken. I haven't needed to do it yet and hopefully not for a long time but now I know the correct way, its a huge relief knowing this is out there.
Thank you so much for this very clear, helpful article! I had no idea how to properly proceed with oral meds (hasn't come up yet with my babies, thank goodness) but now I'll know precisely what to look for and where NOT to direct the syringe-full of medication...and what size syringe I need to acquire for my first aid kit. The photos make it so much easier to know where to safely aim that medication!
One of the most helpful articles I have found on administering medication so far! I especially like the pictures to accompany the explanation, a lot of other things I've read simply tell you to make sure you get the syringe in the side of the mouth, but there's no photo or explanation showing WHY placement is so important, and I feel like that lack of info could easily lead to accidental aspiration!
Very helpful article to me. I am using this method to give antibiotics to one of my chickens now! I don’t have a helper to hold the bird during the day, so I wrap her up in a towel like a mummy, with just her head sticking out. Then I set her in my lap and hold her head and neck straight with one hand and give the med with the other. It works like a charm!
The pictures of the bird’s throat structures were very helpful.
I never would have had the nerve to try this before I studied this article.
Trying to dose a small, feisty, wiggly little Exchequer Leghorn by myself was ridiculous! I had the liquid all over me and her feathers were sticky by the time I finished putting a drop at a time in her beak and waiting for her to drink it.
This and the article you wrote in regards to dosing, are possibly the most valuable information I found on this entire site. What takes only a few minutes to read here is more clear and precise than what has taking me hours of research, just to find out the research I did was wrong. Thank you very much, I'm pretty sure you just saved my flock.
