Week old chick keeps head turned to the left

I don't know much about chickens but, many people have mentioned something called "wry neck", when the head is carried twisted to one side.  Maybe if you search for that term, you will find info. you can use.

Hockey Chick,  I wish someone  with experience would post here and help you out.  Maybe if there was more drama to the topic  like  " Chick keeps head turned around - does she need an exorcist?"

Not funny I know,  I think they usually suggest giving polyvisol(NO IRON)  infant vitamins + some vit.E  squeezed out of a capsule  because it is sometimes caused by nutritional deficiencies.

Ekkk, I'm not sure what the problem is, I would definitely try the Poly-Vi-Sol WITHOUT IRON drops, it could be a nutritional issue. I wish I had more advice for your, but here's a BUMP!

Our Walmart carries the polyvisol vitamins (NO IRON)  its about $ 7.50  but it would last quite a bit for just one chick.   The  retail pharmacy wanted  $ 4 more.    It's usually with infant/child vitamins, and just a small box, so easy to miss on shelves.Our store has it in the regular vitamin section  but some places have it near infant formulas etc.  Just ask if you can't find it.

If you give vitamin E also the capsules are cheap (get the smallest amount) and you just pierce one with a needle and squeeze out  I think 3 drops,(put on something chick will eat, so you know she got it.  My friend puts the drops on a cut up grape , and it got to be such a treat  her grown up pullet still demands it.

I am in noooo way an expert, but I wanted to tell you my story...

Last week I hatched one chick that seemed to have the same symptoms as yours. Neck twisted to the right side looking up. She couldn't stand or walk. I almost culled her right then and there, but...I decided to hold her in my hand (keeping her warm at all times) and slowely straighten out her neck and continued to rub the back of her neck slowly and gently. She would just sleep through the whole thing. Every time she twisted her neck back up, I would slowly straighten it back out

I kept this up for a couple of days...it was the weekend so I didn't have to worry about work. Every couple of hours I did this. Now she is perfectly fine and loves to have her neck rubbed.

Good luck. Hope things work out.

Does she look like this?


If so, I got my little one better by getting Vitamin B drops. They have them in a plastic bottle that comes with a dropper. I gave him the drops every day, for probably 3-4 days in a row, 2 to 3 times/day. He got better and is in with his buddies being a normal chick 

I know - Not very scientific, but it worked, and he's a happy camper!