#wryneck

I’ve been treating my 7 week old chick (Unsure of breed-mixed. Hatched from donated eggs) for wry neck for the past 3 weeks with no improvement. I’ve been doing the vitamin E capsule squeezed directly into her beak and b complex method. Started with 1 500IU capsule a day vitamin E for a week and...

So we've been having raccoon problems where it's been attacking and killing our chickens. (Currently trying to catch the raccoon) The hen is a sapphire gem, about a year old. In the evening of Sunday May 28th I heard concerning squawking and went out to find our hen back in an area they...

I've just hatched a bundle of silkies, some from my hens and some bought. The ones that are not from my hens have hatched and I've got one with wry neck, one with curled toes. The one with wry neck is not doing well. My question is, they are on medicated chick starter with added selenium (its...

I have a Cayuga duckling who hatched about 18 hours ago and still has difficulty standing. It reminds me a lot of a baby quail I had that had wry neck or "star gazing" where it struggles to keep it's head up or maintain it's balance. It was an assisted hatch since it hadn't progressed for 2 days...

Today were going to be focusing on wry neck in chickens and how to prevent it. (Also, awnser of the day is a thing im going daily where im going to be awnsering illnesses and problems to chickens to try and help some people the best i can!) Wry neck is where your chickens neck becomes twisted...

—————————————————— 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...

Hey y’all. I’m posting this here instead of in the guinea forum because I don’t think species is really relevant in this situation. My Guinea cock got spurred in the eye today, the poor guy was walking past two of my chook cocks while they were fighting and it was literally just bad luck. He...