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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Sorry for your loss :( we can but try
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    silkie sexing

    Lots of lovely silkies Here are my two The smaller one nugget, ( camera shy ) was originally the bigger one, but has been poorly with crook neck, and took ALOT of fixing. The larger one, Egg, seems to be shooting up! I'm guessing too because he already has a attitude, and he...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    I also kept the lights down, noise and other pet/people from being around him to stop him getting scared and limit stimulation... This seems to help with the head upside down bit... As he got better he would be all upright until he got scared or I put him out then it would go straight back on...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Remember to drop feed her water too! A little on the side on the beak seems to stimulate them to take the drops, but when things got real bad I had to drop it under his tongue! But the longer you can go without doing that the better! Also with the egg, if you open their mouth and put a lump in...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    I had to hand feed my little guy 3 times a day, the egg mixed with a little nutri drench.... It took about a week before he started taking the egg off me, then even after a few mouthfuls he was shattered, and would need a rest. If the crumb is the same one you have been giving him then it's...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    I think it depends on what is the cause, if it is a vaulted skull and therefore a Brain injury, the steroids will be needed, if it is the deficiency then the vitamins without should work. It seems to get a lot worse before getting better even when giving them the treatment, some mornings I would...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Hi, I am no vet! And definitely not an expert in this, but this is what I found worked for me! I bought some poly idol that I added to the water just so he was getting some extra as he was still able to drink at first... Then I crushed together 2 vitamin e liquid tablets, 2 vitamin b tablets...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    :) yep! Thank you
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Would just like to say thank you to all for your advice and kind words. We are now down to every other day meds and doing well! Would not have believed weeks ago she would happily be strolling along outside! Things got really bad at one point and she just kept dragging her head along the...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    I am worried about fermented feed! Just in case I do it wrong and start growing some 'bad bacteria' too!!! :(
  13. nuggetomletegg

    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Hi, the overall temp is around 70, as they are in the house! But the heat spot is still hot! And I am keep them in low light, only natural, no bright lights! I went to the farm shop today and was very disappointed with the selection. The fancy breed feed I have, alongside a none branded...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Thanks, I am feeding him a vit B compound, so hopefully have all levels crossed there, but not thiamine! I am using a feed called, fancy chicks, chick crumb, got the most expensive hoping it would be the best!
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Ok... More questions! The more I research the more confused I become, nugget is still with us and it's night 4, so he is doing better that poor omlet did. I have been reading more and apparently vit A inhibits the absorption of vit E??? So giving the multi vit drops, poly vi sol, etc.... I am...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Hi, i have the brooder at around 60 degrees, been cooling it down the older they get, they will be 5 weeks on Friday! Yeh the steroids are weighted, he is having 0.8mg a day, which he seems to like :s I have put some yolks in, but neither of them seem very interested :( My main worry is...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Thank you for all the lovely comments! I am adult nurse, so although people are nothing like chicks, we see the same sort of thing in liver failure pts who get brain swelling due to toxins... The only thing that worries me is the amount of steroids / vits I have been giving as it seems a huge...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    There stretch in the sun
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Thank you very much for your help! I feel awful, like I am a bad chicken mum! This has put me off chickens forever! :( I have added 1 mg of prednisolone to the treatment, and i am waiting for poly vi sol to be delivered as I can not buy it anywhere here! The chick drops I have are the same...
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    Wry crook neck silkie chicks

    Hi, We had 3 silkie chicks, they are now 4 weeks old and are in the house in a brooder. Last week one if ten started with wry neck, after a lot of reading I started the vitamin e selenium alongside some chick drops and electrolytes in the water, unfortunately he didn't pull through...
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