Help!!

[Hunnie]

Im currently injecting my chickens in the breast with tylon. When I inject one particular hen and pull back on the plunger, creamy white liquid pulls up into the syringe. I can restick her and the same thing happens. Any thoughts or advice???

 

[ValerieJ]

Why are you pulling back on the plunger when it's in the chicken? Is this something I don't know about? I've never given my chickens a shot of anything, but if I did, I think I would not pull back on the plunger until it was out of the bird.

 

[Helloworld]

Syringes are only pulled back to see if you got a vein. It is human medicine. You should not be pulling liquid, white blood cells probably, nor pulling back on syringe in muscle because it destroys it. Can you not just inject under skin? I don’t use so not sure.

 

[CBorden77]

Totally no expert, but I think I'd contact your vet to make sure you are injecting correctly and to make sure you're not aspirating something that is a sign of worse infection/illness. Good luck!

 

[DobieLover]

Injectable Tylan can be given orally. That doesn't answer the question of what is being drawn up in the syringe.

 

[CatWhisperer]

The only thing I can think of is that you’ve caused an abscess if injecting at the same location every time.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Im currently injecting my chickens in the breast with tylon. When I inject one particular hen and pull back on the plunger, creamy white liquid pulls up into the syringe. I can restick her and the same thing happens. Any thoughts or advice???

Can you post some photo of what the breast tissue looks like?

As mentioned, injectable Tylan can be given orally, so I would start doing that instead of injections. Are you giving injections 3 times a day? You may have injection site necrosis, but it's hard to know. Hopefully @Eggcessive will chime in.