Posts by PurpleMint

Update: She's 12 wks now and the wry neck has went away. She gradually got better. She is perfectly fine now.

UPDATE: "Lootzie" will be 9 wks tomorrow. I have kept her in the brooder until 4-5 days ago I started taking her outside every morning and putting her into her own pen adjacent to the others for company. For the past three days she has...

Yay! So proud of my girls. They went into the coop and put themselves to sleep tonight.

Last night I decided to just observe and see if they could figure it out themselves. So just a couple minutes after the sun went down they started hanging around the door looking for me. They did not go up the ladder. So I did assist....

Today I've noticed about a 5% improvement but not much. Shes not having the seizure like activity as often. The tucking head and rolling. So I have not given her any meds today because I am having problems finding how much to administer....

Wow, I know I'm new and all and I've been thinking it was me or my chickens. So this is all normal. Hehe, I moved my 5 week old chicks to the coop a couple days ago. I've been lifting them up and teaching them to walk up the ladder at...

She is still about the same. Something new I have noticed is that she is doing it more often when excited. Like if I move towards her too fast or getting her excited the spasms, seizures happen immediately. But if I'm quiet, move slow...

Here is the direct link to pictures and videos of the chick. Let me know if it does not work. Thanks       http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/mint5jf/Chicken/

Here's an update: I got the vitamins and gave one dose so far. I have kept her in the brood. All others are in the coop now. She is eating, drinking and defecating. All seems normal. I have taken pics and a video of her but will try to...

Hi, thanks for a reply. You know after looking wry neck up on YouTube, she does act the same way. I'm a mess over this. I've never raised chickens before and I am already wishing I hadn't. I get emotionally attached and these gals are...