Sick Chicken won’t drink

[Tiffany443]

my sick silkie chicken doesn’t drink and I want to help her by putting in her mouth water with a syringe .. how much water should I give her per pound in a day ?

 

[Shadrach]

my sick silkie chicken doesn’t drink and I want to help her by putting in her mouth water with a syringe .. how much water should I give her per pound in a day ?

It depends.
Roughly a mid sized laying hen drinks around 0.2 liters ( 6.8 fl ounces) of water a day.
When I tube feed water for hydration, I give doses of 5 ml by syringe including any additives such as Nutri Drench,or similar per session.
However, a chickens water intake is not just calculated on water alone. Often the food they eat or forage contains water and a chicken can survive on drinking a fraction of the water intake given above for many days.
If you are just feeding dry feed then I would aim for 0.1 litres (3.4 fl ounces) a day to start with.
If she is laying eggs then add half as much again.

 

[coach723]

Be careful with syringing water, it is very easy to aspirate into their lungs. Don't give more than .5 ml at a time before allowing them to swallow. Go slowly and don't squirt it hard into the beak. Tubing is safer, but you can do the syringe if you are careful.