Great tip from my vet for giving chickens meds

[lillyahoo]

I mix them with the butter. If it's too runny to make balls, just refrigerate the mix for a bit.

 

[Ccort]

I use plain yogurt. Gives them probiotics at the same time!

I'll try this but she's not a big yogurt fan!

 

[Ccort]

You can soak the liquid into a piece of bread and feed it that way. But you have to make sure only the correct chicken gets the bread. And that she eats the whole thing.

I tried that this morning..she wouldn't touch it

 

[Finnie]

I tried that this morning..she wouldn't touch it

Rats!

 

[Ccort]

I mix them with the butter. If it's too runny to make balls, just refrigerate the mix for a bit.

She seemed totally repulsed by the butter. Ugh.

 

[Painted Calls]

You don't need to shove the syringe down their throat as seen in the pic. Open their mouth, and hold their head steady by keeping a firm grip on their upper beak. Aim the syringe toward the side of the throat (where the syringe is in the pic) and gently squirt some in. Let go of their beak and let them swallow. Repeat until it's done.

There is absolutely nothing in their mouth you are going to hurt. There are only two holes. The throat and the glottis. As long as you don't shoot it into the glottis, you are good. Everywhere else goes to the crop.

 

[lillyahoo]

She seemed totally repulsed by the butter. Ugh.

Wow, that's one weird chicken! Even the ones I've had that were totally lethargic and wouldn't eat anything else would eat butter balls.

Back to prying open her beak, I guess?

 

[Ccort]

You don't need to shove the syringe down their throat as seen in the pic. Open their mouth, and hold their head steady by keeping a firm grip on their upper beak. Aim the syringe toward the side of the throat (where the syringe is in the pic) and gently squirt some in. Let go of their beak and let them swallow. Repeat until it's done.

There is absolutely nothing in their mouth you are going to hurt. There are only two holes. The throat and the glottis. As long as you don't shoot it into the glottis, you are good. Everywhere else goes to the crop.

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She fights me the whole time and so I struggle to open her beak in the first place! And then to hold her still, I have her facing away from me but then cannot see into her mouth.
It seems like a two person job. She moves her head all over while I'm trying to open her beak.

 

[Painted Calls]

She fights me the whole time and so I struggle to open her beak in the first place! And then to hold her still, I have her facing away from me but then cannot see into her mouth.
It seems like a two person job. She moves her head all over while I'm trying to open her beak.

You're a lot stronger than her. I promise.

Get an old towel and wrap her like a burrito. Secure with binder clips or clothes pins.

Sit on the floor/ground/a chair, and place your chicken burrito in between your knees facing you, head up. Hold with your knees. With one hand, open mouth and secure upper beak. Hold on tight while she struggles. She will stop once she figures out you are in control. Then administer the meds.

I have tube feeding videos, but I think I need to make a med administering video.

 

[Painted Calls]

This is a tube feeding video, but it shows how I open the mouth and keep it secure.