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    Chick twisting head around

    How’s your bird? I posted about twisting dizzy skittish bird here a couple weeks ago. somehow she is still alive! Just wondering how our symptoms compare. Here is a link to my thread... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/twisting-neck-imbalance-skittish-cant-eat.1364459/
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    Twisting neck, imbalance, skittish can't eat

    Update. She is still alive and we've been feeding her water/electrolyte. We had one day of increased movement , out in the yard, then back to lethargy. No eating. Some impulsive pecking at ground randomly but no intake. Drinking only if we hold her and guide her. ... Probly only one "update" to...
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    Twisting neck, imbalance, skittish can't eat

    I Appreciate each idea, and will investigate every possibilty. Food supply looks dry feels dry smells dry. Other hens healthy from same food source. Havent encountered any issue with my feed system so far in 5yrs... Is it possible? sure. Probable? No .
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    Twisting neck, imbalance, skittish can't eat

    I'll check the feed, but the other two hens are fine, I smelled the feed just the other day (as we once had some go rancid a couple years ago. ) It's milled locally and I get it out of the sack by hand.havent noticed anything. We are in a sometimes extensively damp climate (not this spring...
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    Twisting neck, imbalance, skittish can't eat

    We gave her some water by syringe and not sure if it's because she got a taste, but we then brought a small waterer to her and helped guide her beak to it and she drank quite a bit (comparatively.) We kept at it until she grew restless so she got a good couple teaspoons, maybe more can't say...
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    Twisting neck, imbalance, skittish can't eat

    We've been dipping her beak in water for days. Zero attempt to drink on her part. She doesn't want the drop off our finger tip either, but sometimes by luck she'll get a little taste, but it doesn't inspire her for more.. She hasn't eaten anything, mash, scratch,, grass, or anything, not the...
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    Twisting neck, imbalance, skittish can't eat

    I don't know how she lasted this long (today will be day 5 since I've seen her take in anything on her own) We've tried manually watering her. But that's half a drop at a time and she has no interest... definitely not getting enough. Not too sure about tubes or anything like that. Regarding...
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    Twisting neck, imbalance, skittish can't eat

    Hi,& thank-you, Began right after being broody. As I 'encouraged her' to stay out in the yard I noticed the starting signs. Wondered if a week on the nest malnourished her somehow...? Their regular mash has vitamins and other additives. It's milled locally. I could get meds , but she isn't...
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    Twisting neck, imbalance, skittish can't eat

    Linking a video.Video - started with twisting neck and looking up (it was like she saw a bug in the rafters and was thinking about going for it)(she isn't doing this as much now) - noticed minor balance (clumsy) on the first day. - head &neck twitching around in bursts like a spasm, then normal...
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