Hen in critical condition, please help.

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Ol Grey Mare said:
Are you willing to tube feed? All the treatment in the world will do nothing if her systems shut down for dehydration/malnutrition.
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If I put the food in her mouth she will eat it gladly. I’m using a medicine dropper to give her water and if I drop the water next to her beak she will drink it. She just won’t drink/eat by herself. If I have to tube feed her I think I would rather put her down.
 
Eggcessive said:
I think she meant to say B2 instead of B12. But Poultry NutriDrench does not have any riboflavin (B2) or B12 in it. She needs to use Bcomplex or some poultry vitamin with riboflavin. Earlier she was using Durvet vitamins, and I am not sure about that one.
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I read the ingredients in the durvet vitimans one and it says it has riboflavin and B12
 
If she will eat that is fine, you may not need to tube her. With tube feeding, it only takes a couple of minutes to give the feeding. I would only tube feed if she wasn’t eating for you. Usually I find that there is some reason when they stop eating. If she has Mareks, she might develop problems with digestion, such as crop, gizzard, or intestinal function.
 
Eggcessive said:
If she will eat that is fine, you may not need to tube her. With tube feeding, it only takes a couple of minutes to give the feeding. I would only tube feed if she wasn’t eating for you. Usually I find that there is some reason when they stop eating. If she has Mareks, she might develop problems with digestion, such as crop, gizzard, or intestinal function.
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So will the durvet vitimans help or should I try to get something stronger?
 
She will no longer swallow the food or water that I’m giving her so I have decided to put her out of suffering. There is no way I would be able to do it so I am having a friend who is used to killing poultry do it. Thank you all for your help. She had a great life but sadly it was shortened. She will be greatly missed.
 
The simplest answer to that is the volume of feed and hydration your able to get in her in an expedient manner to provide the best support possible. Having done both feeding by hand and to feeding I can tell you there is a market difference in what you can get a bird to take when trying to use what some would consider "force feeding" or hand feeding and actually placing a tube into the crop for you can feel that crop in a matter of a few seconds. With the former you don't actually feel the crop to the point of what is needed to not only sustain the current condition but provide the bird the nutrients to improve the condition. Tube feeding allows for direct delivery of the full volume of nutrients needed. Remember the goal here is not simply to keep the bird alive but continuing to fail because of mount attrition above the regular existing condition that is causing her to decline in the 1st place come up but rather to provide optimal conditions for her to potentially overcome and recover from that condition
 

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