Medicine Advice

[sirenaspring]

Hi everyone! The heavy rain in California did a number on two of my hens. The vet gave me antibiotics in pill form and anti-inflammatory liquid. One of my hens is pretty easy going and took both meds well. I just syringe feed it to her slowly on the side of her beak. She’s doing great now. The other hen is stubborn, moves around too much. I don’t have anyone to help, wrapping her up in a towel makes her wheeze and cough more, and she spits out anything I manage to put in her mouth. I did end up mixing her medicine with watermelon and she gobbles it up most of the time. Still, I want her to take all of the meds consistently. Any tips or food you can recommend to mix the medicine with?

*Again I can’t pick her up/restrain her for too long.

Thank you all and I hope we can get her better faster.

 

[Saveria]

Maybe some of the ideas in this thread could help?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tips-giving-pills-to-chickens.1568469/

 

[sirenaspring]

Maybe some of the ideas in this thread could help?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tips-giving-pills-to-chickens.1568469/

A lot of these answers are not helpful at all. I mentioned that I can’t hold her tight in any circumstances because she will start wheezing.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

A lot of these answers are not helpful at all. I mentioned that I can’t hold her tight in any circumstances because she will start wheezing.

I separate the hen in my pen (you can use a dog crate or whatever you have handy) I make a small bowl with plain greek yogurt, a little feed, the meds and water, she'll gobble it up

 

[sirenaspring]

I separate the hen in my pen (you can use a dog crate or whatever you have handy) I make a small bowl with plain greek yogurt, a little feed, the meds and water, she'll gobble it up

Thank you, I’ll try that. She’s so stubborn I hope this helps.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Thank you, I’ll try that. She’s so stubborn I hope this helps.

I hope it does too