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Yes, we need to address the issue of proper feed for this flock. Layer feed definitely has too much calcium and not nearly enough protein for chicks in their first year of growth. Whether this contributed to the cases of wry neck in the flock is uncertain, but it could definitely have an effect...

Great! Now hold the tubing up to your hen and mark off where it hits the bottom of her crop and leave around three inches that will be exposed at her beak end where the syringe will be inserted. It may end up being around seven inches or so long. Cut it. Then if the end to go inside her throat...

Is the G-tubing 1.2cm? It shouldn't be any larger or it wouldn't fit well inside a chicken's throat. Do you have an oral syringe that will fit snugly inside the tubing? If not a good fit, it will make an awful mess. Let me know when you get the tubing and syringe gathered up. This chicken will...

Thank you for the information. Every little bit helps. Now. Can you find the tubing to get this chicken fed and hydrated so she doesn't die? I will instruct you how to tube feed. It is very, very easy and simple. And very safe.

It would be helpful to know your location. People do not realize how much information about their chickens this gives us. Here on BYC, we may not be able to tell you precisely what is wrong with your chicken, but we can make suggestions that might save her life. Wry neck has many causes. The...