Tips for getting hen to drink medicated water?

[Fowlmamabird]

I never thought about trying watermelon as I didn't take it as a very absorbent food. I'll definitely consider it next time I have a picky drinker. So far the most reliable method has been putting the dosage in their mouth with a syringe. We have been very careful to not put it down a chickens oddly-placed trachea. There was one or two instances where one shook their head and coughed a bit. But I understand the concern.

Unfortunately the hen I was referring to on this post did pass away last weekend, and I'm hoping to get a vet to see what the cause was. Something tells me it wasn't coccidiosis after.

I’m so sad to hear about your little one. I lost one recently too. I have one in hospital room in my house where she’s recovering from myccoplasma. Denegard helped overnight. She has a vet appointment tomorrow. She currently only been interested in the juiced up watermelon. It’s hard to see but it does absorb.

 

[Kelly G]

Watermelon . Had to do this with denegard. Using a water syringe draw the medicated water you want them to drink and saturate the watermelon with it. Use a fork to poke holes where it will soak it up. The red draws them in. The vitamins help from the melon and the hydration and meds are there. I buy the tiny seedless watermelon and cut the ends off and use it as a little bowl.

This is genius!