Hi all, most of you old hands probably know a thing or three but I'm posting this to try and help someone who might be struggling.
My chooks have been given a course of antibiotics to take and so I started yesterday dissolving the capsule in water and trying to syringe it in, with a chicken wrapped in a towel and tucked under my arm. I soon discovered I needed more hands and elbows and once they were cocooned, all they wanted to do was sleep-they're used to being handled.
This morning I had a rethink after yesterdays efforts being more miss than hit, and emptied the contents of the capsule onto a bit of clean paper. I then rolled a little bit of butter over the granules and the girls were tripping over themselves for it. Job done, in less than the blink of an eye.
Hope this saves someone a lot of time, and struggle.
Denise
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My chooks have been given a course of antibiotics to take and so I started yesterday dissolving the capsule in water and trying to syringe it in, with a chicken wrapped in a towel and tucked under my arm. I soon discovered I needed more hands and elbows and once they were cocooned, all they wanted to do was sleep-they're used to being handled.
This morning I had a rethink after yesterdays efforts being more miss than hit, and emptied the contents of the capsule onto a bit of clean paper. I then rolled a little bit of butter over the granules and the girls were tripping over themselves for it. Job done, in less than the blink of an eye.
Hope this saves someone a lot of time, and struggle.
Denise
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