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the few cases I've had here have been due to a thiamine deficiency. Wryneck or stargazing is not exclusive to chickens , it's quite common in goats. Silkies are also thought to be very poor at absorbing selenium , so in cases of wryneck it is best to supplement both. Crested silkies are...

You can only diagnose to the best of ability by the symptoms that the bird is displaying. Ataxia can be a symptom of other ailments.

Oh so sad :( , you did your best for your little one. :hugs

Cooked rice has already expanded, we aren't talking about uncooked rice and if a bird is sick anything that makes getting meds and vitamins into them is worth a try. Let's not forget that we are talking about a bird that has already ' gone off ' their regular food.

Our avian vet recomended cooked rice for sick birds as it is easily digestible . Whilst it's not be given as the sole diet , it is a good basis to mix meds and vitamins in. A sardine mixed in will have them looking for more.

The recomended ' buffered ' aspirin should be gentler. This is the link I posted earlier. Scroll down to ' give painkillers ' for dosage. https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

Believe it or not , chickens have no heat receptors in their beak so they can eat the hottest chillies and curries. Try mixing it in some soft scrambled egg or cooked rice.

I understand your theory, it's the same for horses but aspirin is not going to give that level of pain relief and it may help with swelling . If you read my previous post in its entirety , I recomended a sling to keep the hen off her leg . It should also be said that any painkillers ending in '...

As with anything it does carry risk but it may help with any inflammation of the joint. I think that a pic of the leg would help . It's also important to use buffered aspirin.

Please explain, why no aspirin ??

It sounds like you have a long road ahead of you. Nice to see some improvement. It might be worthwhile to make her a sling and get her off that leg. It would be a shame to get her past the wryneck and then have to euthanize her anyway. You might also give her a little aspirin for pain relief ...

I love nothing more than soaking in my Epsom salts bath. :)

Yes, I take magnesium to help with vit D absorption . Whilst magnesium should be in the grains that we eat, farming practices and the use of super phosphates has effectively ' tied it up ' . :)

We use magnesium daily on our off the track thoroughbreds . It is the active ingredient in all equine calming pastes and food additives. I've seen some horses go from an agitated state to relative calm within hours once it is added to their ration. My point about egg binding was more to say that...

Magnesium actually depletes the phosphorous levels and unless there were obvious symptoms of a deficiency I wouldn't add it. In layers if the phosperous - calcium levels aren't right you will usually end up with soft shelled eggs and egg binding.

I agree, no iron. human or baby drops are fine in an emergency and we all know that chemists are always open ,but a good poultry vitamin is specifically designed for poultry. Many people add lots of things into the mix and then it is hard to say what worked or didn't work. Nutri drench has...

Sounds like you are committed to getting this little one on her feet. If you are giving the polyvisol you really don't need to give pedialyte as well. I would just stick with the polyvisol and vit E . Excess Selenium can be fatal . Don't feed medicated feed as it is a thiamine inhibitor and...

Im well aware of the incidence of cerebral hernia in crested birds. Peck injuries are not the only cause. My comment on ataxia was simply to explain that often earlier symptoms (leg issues ) , go unnoticed . So in the absence of injury and extreme heat , I would be sticking with the vets...

Ataxia refers to loss of co-ordination or a staggered gait. Not walking very steady . With some cases of wryneck the ataxia is first noticed in the legs and then progressively worsens and ascends to the neck.

Wryneck is more to do with a thiamine deficiency and can take weeks or months to correct. The vitamins need time to take effect. Ataxia often starts in the leg and works it's way up to the neck.