The Wry neck came back!

[maechicky]

Hello everyone!

Not great, so my 2 week old Americana’s wry neck came back- when I thought I had kicked it in the butt. A day ago I saw her neck was starting to really turn again. I was reading some other posts about what to do, saw one about using liquid Vitamin B complex and gel Vitamin E mixed together with water and using a dropper to feed it to her. Did that, the post said a week and it would go away. I also read to do mushy wet chick feed, cooked egg, and water. Did that, she is pecking and eating her regular food as well. Haven’t seen much movement towards water though. In her water I have that same solution that I feed her with the dropper. Grabbing another smaller waterer today after work for regular water (I just use the bigger ones so they don’t knock them over, not enough room to use it in my emergency brooder though for the big one) She is in her own brooder as well, so I’m hoping to see some improvement. I also read to not use a cone/splint for her neck. Is there anything I can do to make her more comfortable with it? Or just keep feeding her the solution and feed mix and hope for the best? Any and all advice is appreciated. Like I said in my intro, never have seen chicks like this in my years of raising. So frustrating!! I just want my gorls to be happy and healthy.

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi,

You've got the right treatment, but I've never heard of it getting over in a week. It may start improving in a week, but generally in my experience, it takes about three weeks. I thought that's what others have said too, although there is nothing cut and dried about when each chicken will heal, and if they even will.

I'd just keep going with it: E plus the scrambled eggs, twice a day. The B-complex once a day.

I'd supplement them all with some vitamin water about twice a week. We use Poultry Cell for that.

 

[rosemarythyme]

One week isn't really enough, depending on severity it can take several weeks to "fix" the issue. I treated one bird for 6 weeks for wry neck.

 

[maechicky]

Hi,

You've got the right treatment, but I've never heard of it getting over in a week. It may start improving in a week, but generally in my experience, it takes about three weeks. I thought that's what others have said too, although there is nothing cut and dried about when each chicken will heal, and if they even will.

I'd just keep going with it: E plus the scrambled eggs, twice a day. The B-complex once a day.

I'd supplement them all with some vitamin water about twice a week. We use Poultry Cell for that.

Okay awesome, thank you!! I was also surprised by the commenter on the other post saying a week- but okay, 3 weeks.. I’ll keep at it and hope for the best! Thank you for being specific on how much a day I should give her with the Vitamins and eggs! I will grab some Poultry Cell before I head out from work. I have Chick Boost already- are they interchangeable? Or does Poultry Cell have more to it?