2 Cayuga Girls & 1 Cayuga Drake

[Miss Lydia]

Read this you 'll have to scroll down a ways but it will show you how to give meds. Don't be intimated have your dh hold and that way you have 2 hands to use. Wrap her in a towel before hand. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...nd-supportive-care-updated-5-14-2018.1048620/ I use one hand to pry open the bill the other to put the syringe down far enough it won't come back up and cause her to get it in her lungs. 1ml to start.

 

[TheHighlandChick01]

Is this what you’re referring too? Fluids for 60 - 90 minutes & then the med?

If this is the right area in the thread I

am definitely going to need a lot of prayers. Oh my goodness this ...

Read this you 'll have to scroll down a ways but it will show you how to give meds. Don't be intimated have your dh hold and that way you have 2 hands to use. Wrap her in a towel before

hand. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...nd-supportive-care-updated-5-14-2018.1048620/ I use one hand to pry open the bill the other to put the syringe down far enough it won't come back up and cause her to get it in her lungs. 1ml to start.

 

[Kiwibird]

That will be the right information.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Go up where it says how to give oral meds you’ll see the 1 ml syringe too.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Start where it says how to give oral meds and read down from there.

 

[Miss Lydia]

This is what I wanted you to see.

 

[DuckyDonna]

You've got perfect diagrams and instructions. Don't be scared. I do it all the time with my Eva. I hold her in my lap with a towel wrapped around her. With my left arm/hand I take my index and thumb and pry her bill open and just hold her close to me so I can keep her mouth open. I gently put the syringe on the right side of HER mouth and slowly press the plunger. It will get easier each time because she will grow to know you're not going to hurt her and she'll be calmer. It seems like a big proceedure but it actually takes less than a minute from start to finish. Just hold her secure with your left arm with that towel wrapped around her and she can't move. Don't worry, you and she will get used to it!

 

[TheHighlandChick01]

How often do I need to repeat? Also, at what point will we know if this is helping her?

I appreciate everyone’s help & prayers!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I think @DuckyDonna says Eva is better the next day. Now remember we don’t know if she’s egg bound but we are eliminating possibilities.

 

[DuckyDonna]

I think @DuckyDonna says Eva is better the next day. Now remember we don’t know if she’s egg bound but we are eliminating possibilities.

That's right. She is always better the next day. Actually I'd had another girl that I've had to do this to also and she was better next day.