wry neck

  1. M

    Just wry neck or also an injury?

    This here is Delilah. She is about 15 weeks old. We got her as one of 4 chicks for 2 broody bantam cochin’s this spring. They were great moms and raised their babies together and are now broody again. Last Sunday (a week ago), after pushing them out of the box, both moms attacked Delilah. After...
  2. E

    Very weak duck hatchling

    Hello I found a duck egg the other day that was hatching and the mother had already left with all the other ducklings that had already hatch so I took the egg home and put it in an incubator the duck hatched and can't walk or lift its head up I have held it by water and food so it can eat what...
  3. A

    Chick with Wry Neck

    One of our little chickies has wry neck, and we’re trying our absolute most to keep her. We’re giving her vitamin E with selenium on her beak daily as well as keeping her well fed and giving her some molasses diluted with water. She’s had some good days but unfortunately today is a bad day...
  4. Mummak

    Wry neck. Help!!!

    Hello, im turning to my friends here who are a wealth of knowledge!! ok, so silkies. I believe my new girl has Wry neck!! Usual symptoms, neck problems. shes new, been in isolation for a week ( in her egu coop n run IN the main fenced of run) all going well, been integrating her over the past...
  5. H

    Chicken with bent neck and very unbalanced.

    Hi, I have this black chicken (might be a rooster) that is about 29 weeks old (I'm not sure about its breed). For around two months now its head would stay tilted towards the left side. Sometimes, it would fling its head violently, as if trying to scratch its ear. Thinking that it could be wry...
  6. T

    4 wk old silkie wry neck coming back

    I have a 4 week old silkie I’ve been going above and freaking beyond for to fix its wry neck and for a week or so it was fixed. No sign of wry neck. I had been giving it nutridrench and then when it stopped drooping it’s neck I continued to give it the nutridrench just not as often. Well I had...
  7. T

    Wry neck survivor with bulging eye

    Hi all. I have a silky that showed signs of wry neck at 2/3 days old. I immediately looked it up, found a lot of info from this site about vitamin e and selenium and began giving it both of these. It cured it but then a week or so later, so it was about 2 weeks old at this point maybe, it...
  8. A

    Wry neck, botulism, or something else?

    Bantam hen, older (9-10+ years old) About a week & a half ago I noticed one of my older hens was having some trouble breathing, but figured it was because of a high pollen count here, humidity, and the change in weather…or that it was just old age related and that she would be passing soon...
  9. J

    Possible Wry Neck? HELP!

    Advice Needed! I have a 5 month old Silkie Pullet battling with what I believe is Wry Neck. As of today it’s officially been a week and I have seen improvements! I know people say it get worse before it get better but now I’m worried about her bowels. She has been eating and drinking now on her...
  10. RainValleyFarm

    Wry neck and eye problem?

    I have a 6 day old chick struggling with wry neck. She has been struggling since day one. Been giving her raw yolk and water with some honey. I can get some rooster booster down her but she's very bad about anything with vitamins mixed in it. If I drop it onto her beak she flings her head and it...
  11. B

    3 wk old chick severe sour crop? Help

    Hello- my little girl who had wry neck already and a rupture air sac(that I “popped”) in her short life and impacted crop now I believe has sour crop! She has a huge balloon in her crop (center of chest, don’t think it’s an air sac) and is vomiting often. She’s clearly starving but can’t hold...
  12. M

    Help! Chick with wry neck.

    Help! I’ve got a 6 week old Ameracauna chick with wry neck. We’ve been isolating her, as well as supplementing selenium, vitamin E, and adding electrolytes to her water. She seemed a little better for a few days, but today she’s been writhing as her neck will twist and then she is “stuck” on...
  13. M

    Crook neck after illness

    My Rhode Island Red has developed a stargazing neck after being ill. The illness seems to be gone but she can not hold her neck up. She is: About a year old Healthy until getting a respiratory illness- took Tylan prescription While taking Tylan we provided probiotics and vitamin water, which...
  14. nmr

    Feeding silkie chick with wry neck?

    I have a silkie chick (hatched 12/25/20) with wry neck and I’m wondering if I should start trying to feed her with an oral syringe. I was hoping someone could point me to a good video or instructions for hand-feeding a chick with wry neck. She does seem to be eating and drinking on her own, but...
  15. Myavia

    Wry Neck In Day Old Chick

    Hi I have a silkie chick who just hatched a day or two ago. Today, when I took the chicks out of the incubator, I noticed that one of the chicks has wry neck. It wasnt super bad at first, just a bit crooked looking off to the side, but it’s already progress so much that the chick can barely...
  16. L

    One day old chick with wry neck. Please help!!

    Hi everyone I have a little orpington buff chick that hatched yesterday and sadly it seems like he has wry neck. The only things that I can get my hands on is selenium and vitamin E tables from a drug store. Our pet and vet shops don’t seem to have any supplements for chickens. The only other...
  17. A

    Rescue Duck- still having neck problems.

    I posted about these two ducklings a friend brought to my house after she found them at a lake. While she was there someone left them and drove away. They seemed malnourished (weak, bent legs) and so I started them on B vitamins in addition to their chick food and nutritional yeast and greens...
  18. Buttnugetcentral

    Air bubble

    One of my 6 month old polish bantam has wry neck for the last 2 weeks, we have been treating with nutri drench and antibiotics. We just found an air bubble on her right side just above her wing by her head. What is it and do I pop it. Her wry neck has only gotten a small bit better also she has...
  19. Buttnugetcentral

    Air bubble on shoulder

    One of my 6 month old polish bantam has wry neck for the last 2 weeks, we have been treating with nutri drench and antibiotics. We just found an air bubble on her right side just above her wing by her head. What is it and do I pop it. Her wry neck has only gotten a small bit better also
  20. BSallee

    HELP!! My Silver Laced Wyandotte has had wry neck since August

    My little girl has had wry neck since August. She can eat and drink on her own now but she still loses control of her head and it will twist under her and almost windmill till she regains control. I have her inside and I take her out to visit her sisters and she can walk around with her head...
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