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post #1 of 6
4/18/12 at 6:11pm
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Have a roughly 6 week old silkie that has been star gazing for a bit over a week now. I caught it right away and have been adding multi vitamins to its water and had been giving it baby vitamins for about a week. I have also been adding vitamin e to its water. It does not seem to be getting any better. Anyone have any suggestions?

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post #2 of 6
4/19/12 at 9:20am

what is star gazing.

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post #3 of 6
4/19/12 at 9:50am

 

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Originally Posted by bucky52 View Post

what is star gazing.

 

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I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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I am a Wife and a Mother. We have 2 dogs, and our always growing flock of chickens(Barred Rocks, White Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Marans, Japanese Bantams, Silkies, Silver Laced Cochin, Silkie/EE crosses, and a Cream Legbar Roo). We also have Bourbon Red Turkeys!  And now Ducks!!! Soon to be arriving Nigerian Dwarf doelings.

 

 

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post #4 of 6
4/19/12 at 9:53am

I have the same thing going on with  my Silkie Chick... Im at a loss =(
 

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post #5 of 6
4/19/12 at 10:00am

Star gazing is a neurological problem where the chick's head spasms backwards over it's back. Sometimes they flip over. Hence the term "star gazing" as if they are looking up at the sky. Silkie's are prone to this problem. Other times it's a deficiency of Vitamin B1 or Thiamine. If you're using "medicated" feed it contains Amprolium which blocks the absorption of Thiamin in the chicks body, the reason it's used is because Cocci feeds on Thiamine.

 

So for any of the chicks having this problem, drop the medicated feed if you're using it. Then give them additional Vitamin B1 in their water. I'm sorry I don't have an exact dosage but in the past we added Vit B1, Vit E and Selenium as all 3 work synergistically in the body -- we eyeballed the amount and had our chick looking better the next day. We continued treatment for a week and never saw it again.

 

Sometimes this type of thing happens if the parents' diet is lacking in Thiamine.

 

Hope you're able to cure them otherwise it's a life long condition. Do a search as there are tons of threads on star gazing.
 

"The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know...so I made my own world." ~Bijan  (And filled it with chickens!!)  ~Me!

 

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"The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know...so I made my own world." ~Bijan  (And filled it with chickens!!)  ~Me!

 

***Amateur thread killer. If I were paid, I'd be a Professional***

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post #6 of 6
4/19/12 at 10:08am

thanks for the info.never heard of it.wonderful information on this site.

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