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    Update: guinea’s with wry neck

    Oh it was difficult lol. My boyfriend held her as still as possible and I would gently open her mouth. She would end up shaking her head free so it definitely took about 4-5 tries to get all of it in her.
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    Update: guinea’s with wry neck

    I know, and from what it seems (and I hope,) I believe the wry neck was due to vitamin deficiency. I was first worried about a neck injury since we recently added them to the outside flock, but as I said there’s no external signs of injury and I hadn’t noticed any aggression from the bigger...
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    Update: guinea’s with wry neck

    Hi everyone! Just wanted to post an update because I am OVER THE MOON! :celebrate My previous thread - https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wry-neck-in-my-guinea’s.1322543/ The next morning I noticed that one of the guinea’s was acting much better. She was walking around, eating, drinking...
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    Wry neck in my guinea’s?!

    Thank you for the suggestions and info! Should I give them some egg raw or would it be better to cook it? When I came home this evening I noticed that 1 of them seems to be much better. She is eating, drinking and walking around, however I do still see her have some neck twitches, almost like...
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    Wry neck in my guinea’s?!

    Glad to hear your girl pulled through! The research I’ve done suggested pretty much the same thing- vitamin deficiency. I checked on them this morning and there was no change. So I tried to make them as comfortable as I could and left for work. When I got home, I noticed that I had 3 active...
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    New chicken mama!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Still pretty new! I started my backyard flock about 4 months ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I’ve been through the ringer already starting out on this journey. We started with 5, 1 week old pullets. They spent...
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    Wry neck in my guinea’s?!

    Hi everyone! I’m still a fairly new chicken-mom. Every time I feel like I’m getting the hang of things and my chicks are all happy and healthy, something else happens! :th Amongst my half-a-dozen chickens, I also have 4 guinea fowls, I’d say about 3 months old. We have recently transitioned...
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