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I just got 8 ameraucana chicks, they are about 2 days old. One of them (the lightest gray in the pictures) eats and pecks around normally, but when it goes to drink, it tilts its head way far back and falls over almost every time. I looked it up and a few different things said it could be wry neck, but the pictures and symptoms didn’t completely check out. Does anyone know what this could be?
 

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The third picture almost looks like stargazer to me. Does she always hold her head like that? Is she able to eat and drink? How long has it been like that?
 
The third picture almost looks like stargazer to me. Does she always hold her head like that? Is she able to eat and drink? How long has it been like that?
She often holds her head like that, if she’s just sitting still. She is able to eat and when she drinks, she tilts her head all the way back like in picture 2 and sometimes falls over. It has been doing this since I got them yesterday, so since it was 2 days old as far as I know.
 
Strange…🤔
If she’s able to eat and drink then it doesn’t seem too big of a deal, because stargazer typically renders them unable to do either. Keep watching her, but unless she starts to act weaker or gets other symptoms, keep doing what you’re doing :)
 

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