Best way to give chicken medicine? Please help

[Chikenshiken]

My 3 year old hen I suspect has sour crop and has lost most of her appetite and I’m struggling to hide medicine in food she’s not willing to eat. I’m giving her liquid vaginal yeast medication and it’s incredibly hard to give it to her straight but she’s not accepting it in food anymore. Besides hiding it in food, what’s the best way to get her to eat the medicine?

 

[Firsttimehens1234]

My 3 year old hen I suspect has sour crop and has lost most of her appetite and I’m struggling to hide medicine in food she’s not willing to eat. I’m giving her liquid vaginal yeast medication and it’s incredibly hard to give it to her straight but she’s not accepting it in food anymore. Besides hiding it in food, what’s the best way to get her to eat the medicine?

you can force feed her the medicine, I usually do it with pills or water when they are sick, if it is a liquid take it in a syringe and put it deep enough into her mouth so the liquid goes directly down her throat and then give her it. Do it fast as it’s not the most comfortable thing for the hen

 

[Chikenshiken]

you can force feed her the medicine, I usually do it with pills or water when they are sick, if it is a liquid take it in a syringe and put it deep enough into her mouth so the liquid goes directly down her throat and then give her it. Do it fast as it’s not the most comfortable thing for the hen

Thank you, are you sure she won’t choke? I’ve been afraid of doing that just because I don’t want to do it super fast and shoot it straight to the back of her throat

 

[Sally PB]

Thank you, are you sure she won’t choke? I’ve been afraid of doing that just because I don’t want to do it super fast and shoot it straight to the back of her throat

Before you do this, search for "tube feeding." You will need some tubing and a syringe.

I'll try to find my info, but in case I don't, you can look through information here on BYC.

 

[Sally PB]

This shows a peafowl, but 3rd and 4th pictures show what you're looking for in a chicken's mouth.

https://unitedpeafowlassociation.or...en the mouth wide and,you or down the trachea

More info.
https://bitchinchickens.com/2022/05/16/gavage-tube-feeding-chickens/
This has a you tube link.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/mystery-injury.1611132/page-3#post-27494319

 

[The Welch Chickens]

I’m giving her liquid vaginal yeast medication and it’s incredibly hard to give it to her straight but she’s not accepting it in food anymore.

Which type of medicine do you mean by "liquid"? Cream? Suppository?

When my hen had sour crop (similar situation; she refused to eat), I put the cream on my finger and she ate it off. When I switched to suppository (the meds needed to be stronger because it was a bad case of infection), I just chopped up the pieces and she ate them out of my hand. I found she liked the cream better than the suppository.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I’m giving her liquid vaginal yeast medication

Where do you find liquid? Got a photo of the product?

If it's liquid, then I'd give it orally using a needleless syringe as shown in the article below.


https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/