Chick seems like it is forever dizzy!

Jun 25, 2020
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We've got chick that has a 'wobbly' head.
It's head just shakes all the time when its standing up, and sometimes it falls over as if it is dizzy. But that might also be because it's got a brace on for its sprayed legs.
Not sure what to do:hmm
 
If you can post a video of the chick, and what it's doing it might be helpful. You will need to upload the video to youtube or other host, and put the link here so it can be viewed. How old is the chick? First thing that comes to mind is wry neck. That can be from injury, illness, or often from a vitamin deficiency that may have started during development in the egg. Treatment is Vitamin E and selenium (the selenium helps with the uptake of the E). You can get capsules that contain both. Prick the capsule with a needle and squeeze the contents into the beak, or mix with a bit of feed and get the chick to eat it. Since the chick seems to have leg problems also I would probably also give some B complex as well, deficiencies in those (riboflavin and thiamine particularly) can cause some neuromuscular symptoms as well. For a tiny chick I would give 1/4 to 1/2 a B complex (regular - not time released) tablet ground up and mixed in the food daily.
More info on wry neck here:
https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/wry-neck.html
 
Sorry i wont be able to do a video.
Its about 3 days old
I thought that it had wry neck to, I gave it a Vit E yesterday and it doesn't seem to be so shaky.
Thankyou for the treatment, i will definitely use that.
 

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