Starving Brahma

[Chey1214]

My girl is so thin,
I don’t have the supplies to tube feed, but I can syringe..
How can I help her gain weight quickly??

She eats here and there but crop doesn’t fill….

I have a virus in my coop some have died some have pulled through…

 

[AidKD]

I would start giving her scrambled eggs and yogurt. When I have a chicken that won't eat, I hold it under my arm like a football, (make sure her wings are tucked back) and with the arm I'm holding it with I'll use that hand to slip my nail in between it's beak and open it's mouth up. Then I use my free hand to put the food in it's mouth. Will she drink?

 

[Chey1214]

I would start giving her scrambled eggs and yogurt. When I have a chicken that won't eat, I hold it under my arm like a football, (make sure her wings are tucked back) and with the arm I'm holding it with I'll use that hand to slip my nail in between it's beak and open it's mouth up. Then I use my free hand to put the food in it's mouth. Will she drink?

She’s drinking yes, I was giving her buttermilk via syringe….

I made her eggs she didn’t eat them.

I’ll make her more right now and hand feed them to her!
I’m going to do my best to help her!

 

[nuthatched]

Why buttermilk? Anything else? What's her normal diet? Have you ever wormed her?

 

[Chey1214]

Why buttermilk? Anything else? What's her normal diet? Have you ever wormed her?

My flock is on all flock and I also give them fermented feed. I gave her 5days of safeguard, I saw a round worm where she was nesting. I’ll give her another dosage on day 10.

 

[AidKD]

She’s drinking yes, I was giving her buttermilk via syringe….

I made her eggs she didn’t eat them.

I’ll make her more right now and hand feed them to her!
I’m going to do my best to help her!

Buttermilk is good! If she's drinking (and you have any) I would add probiotics to her water along with a tiny splash of vinegar. Vitamin C and stuff like that would be good. You could also mix a raw egg into her water.

 

[Penpal]

I wouldn't mix the vinegar with the probiotics.

 

[AidKD]

I wouldn't mix the vinegar with the probiotics.

Oh, why not?

 

[Chey1214]

Buttermilk is good! If she's drinking (and you have any) I would add probiotics to her water along with a tiny splash of vinegar. Vitamin C and stuff like that would be good. You could also mix a raw egg into her water.

I have been giving it via syringe and I also mixed her feed with it to make. Mash. She East’s that if I sit there with her.

Honestly I’m sure she has Mereks, I’ve had a lot of birds pass unfortunately

 

[Penpal]

The vinegar is apt to kill some of the probiotics.