Sorry it took so long to reply, I'm sick at the moment but I give my chicken 25mcg once a day, some people said they give theirs 50 mcg once every other day. But I was worried that, that would cause a spike in selenium in the body every other day instead of a constant amount selenium so I give...
I went to edit and then on the map (on the top left, the middle button) I clicked the blue dot then I placed it over my location typed in my info in the box that came up and pressed ok, then pressed save on the left side of the screen where edit was originally, hope this helps
Here is one of the threads I found the Vit e and selenium info on. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/97121/lets-talk-wry-neck-crook-neck.
I'm considering trying fish oil, it seems to have worked for some people so I may pick some up tonight
I got the selenium CVS by the calcium in tablet form so I can crush it :) I found that another one I had was because of head injury because after a little RR and keeping him seperated from the others he is just fine. I tried that at first with this one but when it didn't work this time I did...
No the best guess I came up with is Vit E deficiency aka wry neck so I'm trying giving it 200 IU vitamin e twice a day and 25 mcg selenium once a day he seems to be doing a little better, I did miss a day and he was way worse so I think it's working :)
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Silkies (blue, black, splash and greys): 3 Grey - two hens and one rooster (one 1 1/2 yrs and two 1 yr), 2 Splash - one rooster (2 1/4 yrs) and one hen ( 1yr 5 mths), 4 blue - two rooster (2 1/4 yrs and 1 yr) and two hens (1 yr 5 mths and 1yr), 4 black - all...
Thanks, just wondering peoples opinions they sleep with our goats and horse but we have lost three, they haven't been dragged just a few bloody feathers. We live in a weird area, it's a mixture between pasture land an suburban type roads. I'm thinking either bobcat or coyote. Not sure how they...