Chick with turned head

[redhen689]

I just checked on her. She is eating and drinking. She seems to hide under "momma" more then the others do. I think her head might be turned a bit less than it had been.
I post again if i see any further changes.

 

[redhen689]

Here is a summary of what I have done to treat chick:

Day 0: Noticed chick's neck was a little twisted but didn't worry too much.

Day 1: Noticed that chicks, head was being held sideways, and seemed worse than the day before, and began to worry and do some research. One place I read about using some type of calcium remedy, here people recommended vitamins. Since I didn't have any liquid baby vitamins, I dissolved one of my multivitamins (w/o iron) and a calcium/magnesium/vit D supplement in some water, diluted it a bit and put it in their waterer. The chick was eating and drinking and acting okay otherwise, so I didn't remove her from her adopted mom and other chicks. (she seemed to get worse when stressed.)

Day 2: Started an electolyte/vitamin powder called Sav-A-Chick. I mixed some of it in their water and had all the chickens drinking it. I also switched to a "better" name-brand of chick starter feed (unmedicated) and started to feed that.

End of Day 2: There appears to be a slight improvement. I noticed that hens have been foraging along the edge of the woods finding lots of wild wineberries (similar to raspberries). Maybe that helped?

Day 3: Continued to add Sav-A-Chick to water, but also added the rest of my vitamin water that I had mixed on Day 1.

End of Day 3: Today, it appears that the chick is holding her head straight!!! She even climbed the ladder to get up to the loft tonight! She hadn't been able to do that before.

Thanks for the advice.

I will continue with the Sav-A-Chick, maybe diluting it a little more over the next few days. The packet says to use it for 1 to 5 days. After that??? I haven't decided yet....

In my ten years of owning chickens I have never wormed them, but am considering doing this. I will need to research this some more.

(Edited for errors)