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    Head upside down / vertigo / can't walk

    Update... Hen is out of "sick pen" and with other chickens. Eating well. Moving well for most part. Gets off balanced when going through door ways. Seems to have a visual disturbance. Does fine once through door. Getting better daily though. Thanks everyone for help.
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    Head upside down / vertigo / can't walk

    Wry neck sounds like as good a diagnosis as any. Started increasing her vitamins yesterday (powder from hatchery) but will look into polyvisol and vitamin E tomorrow. When not agitated she can stand tall and stretch her neck out, get some water, and eat normal feed. But when she is agitated or...
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    Just insulating the nesting box area?

    Morning :-) Have to say I worry about my chicken more than the eggs but have decent success with the following.... 1. the 'milder' winters (20+) I've built a little straw house inside my un-insulated coop just big enough for the small flock of girls I have. I use simple loose straw for...
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    Head upside down / vertigo / can't walk

    My mistake for not saying earlier - but - yes she was vaccinated.
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    Head upside down / vertigo / can't walk

    Greetings - New here and desperate for help. Cuckoo Maran healthy and normal this morning found down in fenced chicken yard this evening. Has small non-lethal wound on small of back (seems incidental) which I treated. More significant is she tries to turn her head upside down and no coordination...
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