Cockerel can’t raise his head

[karenls50]

Parden? What do you mean??

I’m sorry. I thought you asked if he was crowing.

 

[karenls50]

Is all of the vitamin E getting into him? Try giving him two capsules twelve hours apart with egg or with a little sliver of a selenium tablet. He needs selenium in egg or from a tablet to be able to absorb the E. He has symptoms of wry neck. The E should fix it.

Thank you. I give him raw egg white aling with the vitamin E each time. I think that has selenium right? I’ll double up on the E and selenium. I don’t have selenium tablets. Should I get some or is the raw egg white enough? Thanks so much!

 

[SmiYa0126]

Thank you. I give him raw egg white aling with the vitamin E each time. I think that has selenium right? I’ll double up on the E and selenium. I don’t have selenium tablets. Should I get some or is the raw egg white enough? Thanks so much!

He needs raw yolk not egg white, yolk has more nutrients

 

[karenls50]

He needs raw yolk not egg white, yolk has more nutrients

But I understand that the raw white has the selenium. Maybe I’m incorrect. I’ll check it again. We’ve tried whole eggs cooked slightly. He won’t eat them. I’ll buy selenium tablets.

 

[azygous]

Egg white does have selenium, but the yolk is where most if it is. If he won't eat the egg, stir in a half a teaspoon of sugar and cook it slightly in the microwave. Then pour it over a fourth cup of boiled rice. He'll eat it as it tastes like rice pudding. I just today got a sick hen eating again feeding her that. The sugar will boost his blood glucose and he will regain his appetite sooner.

Buying selenium tablets is an easy way to get the selenium into him, but be careful only to give a sliver off the tablet. Selenium is toxic in large amounts, and a whole tablet is way too much for a chicken.

 

[karenls50]

Egg white does have selenium, but the yolk is where most if it is. If he won't eat the egg, stir in a half a teaspoon of sugar and cook it slightly in the microwave. Then pour it over a fourth cup of boiled rice. He'll eat it as it tastes like rice pudding. I just today got a sick hen eating again feeding her that. The sugar will boost his blood glucose and he will regain his appetite sooner.

Buying selenium tablets is an easy way to get the selenium into him, but be careful only to give a sliver off the tablet. Selenium is toxic in large amounts, and a whole tablet is way too much for a chicken.

Great advice. I will try that. Thank you.

 

[SmiYa0126]

But I understand that the raw white has the selenium. Maybe I’m incorrect. I’ll check it again. We’ve tried whole eggs cooked slightly. He won’t eat them. I’ll buy selenium tablets.

https://foodstruct.com/compare/egg-white-vs-yolk-nutrient-selenium-se

Try to give him a raw yolk in a small shallow container, see if he'll eat it. If not, it can also be syringed.

 

[karenls50]

We’ve been feeding him an intensive nutrition packet we got from the avian vet. We’ve been syringing it every few hours. It has everything init including D and selenium. I’m cooking the rice now and will add the egg with a bit of sugar,and a little sugar. . We’ll see how he does. Thanks.

 

[karenls50]

He wouldn’t eat the egg and rice so we syringed his supplemental food. I’m attaching the screen shot of what we’re giving him along with the E, B complex, and egg white. The supplement has sodium selenite which is an easily absorbable form of Selenium.

 

[karenls50]

Hello! Can you post pictures of him, his poop, what are you feeding them before he got sick?

@Wyorp Rock @azygous @Eggcessive

We got home late and had to syringe feed him, soak his eye and put his drops in. No time for pictures. I’ll take them tomorrow. He seems to be holding his head up a little higher, then it’s like he tires, lowers his head to the ground then flips over. He rights himself and stands up again with his head hanging.