How in do I "flush" a chicken's crop w/o drowning her?

[heir_flick]

Any suggestions on how to aim?

 

[Glenda L Heywood]

very simple
mix the 1 pt of warm water
1/2 cup of baking soda
mix good and fill a child'sd ear syringe with the baking soda water

put the chicken on the table in front of you
if there is some one to hold the chicken it is easier to do

now take the filled syringe and put it in the back of the throat of the chicken
ex[ell all the water
now lay the syringe down
take your hand and bring it up tightly against the crop of the chicken
all he while pushing on the hand to breing up the spoiled feed etc out of the crop
the chicken will not hold it back but as chickens do not vomit you are the one bringing the spoiled feed out the beak

do not turn the chicken upside down

do the flushing at least three times and let the bird rest
DO NOT FEED IT FOR 24 HRS
let it rest and then only feed it
one sliced of bread soaked in milk
into the milk cut a 1000 mg capsule of Vitamin E and crush 1 tablet of selinium and mix with the soaked bread
feed this twice a day for a week

also have 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar in qt of water

by now she is getting better

then you can see if she does alright on the crumble chicken feed

DO NOT FEED HER ANY WHOLE OR CRACKED GRAINS ALL THIS TIME

any questions eamil me

 

[ging3rhoffman]

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Great thread. I have saved this for just in case. Thanks for taking the time, many of us will need to know what to do. You may save alot of chickens.

 

[artsyrobin]

is it normal during this process for them to gasp? my girl has gotten the flush down some, and have gotten some of it up- but not all- she closes her eyes and i am afraid i'm killing her.....

 

[ChickenSahib]

Sorry to bring this thread back up. But it's not very clear where to aim. I'm also afraid of drowning the poor chicken.

 

[artsyrobin]

what you need to do is to post this on a fresh thread- and give specifics, what is going on with your hen? i always hesitate to flush unless it is a last ditch situation

 

[eggdd]

flushing using molasses:

http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/solutions.html

 

[Bleenie]

I had a Japanese bantam Roo that got into a bag of Calf Mana... He ate so much that it was backed all the way up his throat. I used warm water to soften the feed some more but i never squirted it down his throat. I softened it then slowly had to work it back up his throat. I also used a q-tip to help grab it out when it got up to the back of his mouth since it was pretty compacted, he didn't mind much though.

It took me around an hour and a half to clear his throat and most of his crop.... Last time I left a bag of Calf Mana open and unattended!!