MJ's little flock

[CrazyChookChookLady]

Good morning Grammy thank you for caring about Peggy

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She's so lovely!

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

I've never had to medicate a chicken directly, but I have had to medicate many other animals.

The easiest way I found, if you can, is to use a bit of bread or other tasty treat to get her to eat the medication. I had a horse who refused ALL oral meds. He was also well over 16h tall and could raise his head almost 8 feet in the air. In order to worm him or give any other medication, I made him a PBJ sandwich.

Obviously Peggy is MUCH smaller, so she might only need a bit of tuna or a cracker to take her medication. I know she has some restrictions now, but I still feel that is much safer then trying to get liquid down a twitchy bird throat.

I had to give Princess two oral medications twice a day, a month or so ago, both liquids. I gave both by using a skinny (insulin-type) syringe and “tube-feeding“ it directly into her crop.
No stress, no mess.
I learned how from a tutorial on BYC.

 

[Grammy60]

Good morning Grammy thank you for caring about Peggy

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She is really a lovely girl and we are so happy things went well

 

[Shadrach]

Friends, I have a question.

Tonight I have to give her Clavulox drops. It's my first time giving medicine to a chicken. It came with a regulated dropper so I'll be ok to draw the correct dose. There are lots of videos online but which are the most instructive and reliable? Also, do you have any advice or tips?

I've got a headlamp ready to go.

How many millilitres is the dose MJ.
What I do, if I can for liquid and pills is to crush pills to a powder and mix with a multi vitamine liquid. I soak the liquid up with small pieces of bread, but I've used oats, yogurt, and even pieces of roast potato before, and feed these to the chicken.
It's low stress all round.
If you do have to feed directly to her beak, then you need to have a good look at while to place the dropper.
Good clear pictures here.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
The easiest way to get them to open their beaks is to pull gently down on their wattles and wedge a finger in.
It's difficult with just one person if you haven't done it before, so try the food method above first would be my advice.

 

[MaryJanet]

That is great! So are you spoiling her now? Will she be sleeping in your bed tonight?

Nooooo. I don't do that. People in the people house and chickens in the garden. Also she's on a very strict diet because of her liver. She is allowed a tiny pinch of cheese though, so perhaps I can work that into her dosing. She loves cheese.

 

[MaryJanet]

How many millilitres is the dose MJ.
What I do, if I can for liquid and pills is to crush pills to a powder and mix with a multi vitamine liquid. I soak the liquid up with small pieces of bread, but I've used oats, yogurt, and even pieces of roast potato before, and feed these to the chicken.
It's low stress all round.
If you do have to feed directly to her beak, then you need to have a good look at while to place the dropper.
Good clear pictures here.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
The easiest way to get them to open their beaks is to pull gently down on their wattles and wedge a finger in.
It's difficult with just one person if you haven't done it before, so try the food method above first would be my advice.

Starch is out but protein is in. Mix with tuna maybe?

 

[MaryJanet]

How many millilitres is the dose MJ.
What I do, if I can for liquid and pills is to crush pills to a powder and mix with a multi vitamine liquid. I soak the liquid up with small pieces of bread, but I've used oats, yogurt, and even pieces of roast potato before, and feed these to the chicken.
It's low stress all round.
If you do have to feed directly to her beak, then you need to have a good look at while to place the dropper.
Good clear pictures here.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/
The easiest way to get them to open their beaks is to pull gently down on their wattles and wedge a finger in.
It's difficult with just one person if you haven't done it before, so try the food method above first would be my advice.

0.2ml once a day.

 

[Shadrach]

0.2ml once a day.

Whatever you can be confident they will eat that will soak up the liquid dose.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Friends, I have a question.

Tonight I have to give her Clavulox drops. It's my first time giving medicine to a chicken. It came with a regulated dropper so I'll be ok to draw the correct dose. There are lots of videos online but which are the most instructive and reliable? Also, do you have any advice or tips?

I've got a headlamp ready to go.

How many drops? If it’s just a few, she might eat them if you drop them on her beak. I used to give a vitamin to one of my chicks that way.

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

Starch is out but protein is in. Mix with tuna maybe?

That would work!