wry neck

  1. A

    Silkie chick with... wry neck?

    Hi everyone, new here. I have read posts before but I just joined because I need some help and don't where else to turn. Apologies ahead of time for the long post. I have silkie chicks in an incubator and one of them hatched on day 17. She externally pipped on day 16 and struggled quite a bit...
  2. CreatureCafe

    Wry Neck in Chicks - Cure

    I just hatched a new batch of chicks- one of which had a severe case of wry neck. His neck was bent up and if he stood up, he fell backwards immediately. Thankfully it is curable! This disease also does not spread to others, however it is best to keep them separated to the others do not pick on...
  3. T

    Wry Neck Duckling

    Hi, I've got a 2 month old crested mallard duckling that fell and hit her head a few days ago. Since then she has had trouble holding up her neck straight and she will completely straighten her legs causing her to fall over. My mom thinks it might be wry neck so we separated her and have been...
  4. A

    7wk old chick tucking head shaking and backing into wall...HELP!

    I have had grown chickens before but never baby chicks. I have a 7wk old light Brahma named Yeti that curls its head upside down shaking it back and forth while backing up until she hits a wall. Maybe slightly unbalanced but No obvious paralysis wing or leg. I also noticed that her irises are...
  5. Sophie-lou

    Wry neck!! Please help!! Indian runner duckling

    Hi there, I'm new to hatching and have just hatched 3 Indian runner ducklings. One of them has a crooked neck. It's not as bad as some of the pictures I have seen and he/she is able to drink and eat on there own. I have ordered some vitamin D infant drops, which have vitamin D3, Vitamin E and...
  6. H

    Wry Neck Chick

    I bought a few Silver Laced Wyandotte chicks today and when I got home, I noticed that one of them appears to have a wry neck(pictured below). I've raised a few little flocks of chickens before but I have no clue how to care for this little guy. He walks pretty okay aside from the occasional...
  7. L

    HELP! New chick hatched late and can’t stand! Curled toes and wry neck!!

    My sister and I have been hatching chicks for the season (a sneaky hen hid her eggs too well and by the time we found them they were half way developed). We had moved part of the batch under another hen who was starting to brood, and a few into our incubator. One out of the three eggs in the...
  8. NorthernChick1

    Wry neck dosage for poly visol and selenium

    Ive read and serched all over for a guidline disage for my 3 month old and cant find anything.... im currently giving her 50mgc selenium per day and .25 to .5 ml of poly vi sol a day. Its been a week now and its not getting better....
  9. H

    what happened

    I wrote before about receiving young birds with wry neck or swollen hocks. I believed it was vit deficiency as person we got them from used own feed, barley mixed with lentils. We are very sad after just losing the barred rock. she got to be almost a year old. her neck was crooked and she had...
  10. L

    Can wry neck be cured in adult birds?

    Hi everyone. I recently adopted an unwanted Silkie rooster. His ring shows him to be around three years of age. He has wry neck. He eats and drinks okay but he falls over if he tries to run or mate with the hens. His crooked neck seems to put him off balance and makes him fall over. He doesn't...
  11. electrycmonk

    Silkie w/ Wry Neck, time to put her down?

    So, I'm feeling "stuck." I'm not certain of what caused her wry neck issue but, in my effort to rescue/fix/heal the situation I ended up with an aspiration complication. (Heavy sigh) I need to ask what is the best/quickest/clean method of putting her down. I am not looking forward to this...
  12. Graceeelizabeth5

    Runner Duckling Issues!

    So we just hatched 3 runner ducklings. One is super healthy, another has wry neck. And the other WAS healthy and then out of no where today lost ALL function of her body except for her head. They've been given niacin, probiotics, and electrolytes since hatch. The "bentneckducky" runs around...
    • Graceeelizabeth5
    • Thread
    • deficiency duckling help ! runner duck wry neck
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. K

    Can I help wry neck chick late?

    I have a 4 week old quail with wry neck. In its first week that I noticed it had wry neck I was giving it vitamin e with eggs and rooster booster in her water. After a week she wasn’t improving and I started to forget to give her the vitamins regularly. She is now about 2 weeks into it. Is there...
  14. Brandysanderson

    Wry Neck

    I have a 3 month old Cochin frizzle bantam cockerel. Today my husband and I noticed he has wry neck. We had to research his symptoms to figure out what is wrong with him. We read that a Vitamin E and Selenium deficiency could be the cause for this. We honestly do not know if it was caused by an...
  15. HappyWarrior

    Possible Wry neck Chick

    Good Morning, I'm very new to raising chickens and this was my first hatch of chicks so please forgive my silly questions and most likely incorrect use of terms. I have a little chick who has been a bit of a project since it's pipped (I've named it Squishy) Squishy had trouble hatching he was...
  16. K

    How much Vit E and Selenium for Wry Neck????

    I have a small 1 week old quail chick with wry neck. I have vitamin e and selenium supplements but I don’t know how much to give her.
  17. jsullivan704

    Polish chick with possible wry neck

    So i have some polish and silkie chicks right now, around 8 weeks old. Back when they were around 2 weeks I had a polish chick that almost died, like it wouldn't even lift its head up refused to eat or drink. I spent days nursing it back to health, expecting to find it dead every time I would...
  18. A

    Sad . . . Chick in Egg Had Neck Twisted. What’s going on?

    hi guys. So it was with sadness that one chick that was incubating was dead when it wasn’t moving for three days in egg. I opened the egg and the chick was dead with its neck twisted. I don’t know how it happened so I researched and thought it could be the beginning stages of wry neck. It was...
  19. Marrionna

    Can wry neck caused by trauma be cured?

    I have a polish rooster that ended up fighting with the other rooster recently and one roo just has plucked feathers off his head making him just look very funny but he’s fine. The other however has developed what I believe to be wry neck. He doesn’t act like he’s in pain although when he gets...
  20. Birdsandnerds

    What's Wrong With My Muscovy?

    So I hope this is the appropriate area to ask for help. I wasn't quite sure. So sorry ahead of time if I posted in the wrong place. Anyways, I got some Muscovies ducklings about two months ago from a farm that I wasnt to sure about. My biggest issue with the farm was they didnt provide any of...
    • Birdsandnerds
    • Thread
    • botulism duck muscovey niacin deficiency wry neck
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Ducks
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