Chick with crooked neck?! *Pictures inside!! Help!*

[americana-chick]

Ok, so the 3rd chick just hatch around 11:30 AM, and now it is 1:50 PM And i cant really tell but i think the chick might have a crooked neck..?
He doesnt really know how to walk or anything yet but sometimes his neck looks fine..
Should i be concerned or do some chicks just take longer to learn??

 

[Tuffoldhen]

Give them sometime in the bator to fluff up and get their sea legs under them. They are wobbly little devils at first and rest alot!!

 

[americana-chick]

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But this chick doesnt seem quite right.. he will flip over to the right side stay there for a second and then flip and go crazy!! the neck really concerns me.. i cant tell if it is crooked neck or not..?
How long should i give the chick befor diagnosing it?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I wouldn't do anything til the hatch is finished and then look himover carefully. You can then take a pic and see what is suggested to give him as far as a vits. & electrolites or the childrens poly -vi-sol. My thoughts!

 

[americana-chick]

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The hatch is over..
I will try to get a pic but he wont sit still... I will try and take one..

 

[americana-chick]

Ok here are some pictures of him..:

 

[americana-chick]

The chick is chirping a lot.. is he/she under stress?

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I have no idea what could be wrong from looking at the pics, you might try giving him some vits & electrolites in the water if you can get him to drink or if you have some poly-vi-sol (childrens liquid vit) without iron just a drop by dropper. Give him some time.

Maybe someone else will come along with a different idea. His chirping is probably from his condition.

 

[americana-chick]

its so weird.. I felt the chicks neck and the only bump i could feel on the neck was the breast bone i think.. i felt one of the "normal" chicks necks and they felt the same.. is it possible that the chick just doesnt know how to hold its head upright? and so the result would be the neck sitting weird???
I just want this chick to at least walk!

 

[AK Michelle]

Try a drop of Poly-Vi Sol baby vitamins (Without Iron). I gave my chick a drop (or two) 3 times a day and he was right-as-rain by the end of the second day.