Chicken with weird head positioning

melina90

Chirping
7 Years
Aug 19, 2012
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Ringerike, Norway

Had four eggs pipping last night in the incubator. This morning I found one chick perfectly hatched, two more that were half zipped and one that had a foot sticking out of it! I decided to help the one with the foot,it was ready to come out with no veining in the membrane. Chicken got out and all looks good, until a couple of hours later:

This might sound stupid, but at first glance it literally looked as if its head was put on the wrong way. It must have been completely malpositioned in the egg, or it has some sort of weird neurological condition. It constantly keeps its head bent all the way backwards, beak in the air and leaning its head on its back. It's chirping and seeming healthy otherwise, but always sitting in this really weird position with its head on its back. Anyone ever experienced something similar?
 

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