I know sometimes if they aren't able to push themselves out of their shells they usually have leg issues which causes them to remain in that "egg position." This could be part of the problem with her neck as well. You could try a couple drops of polyvisol without iron and I usually prop my weak babies up on a rolled up washclothI posted this in the Hatching forum but thought I'd post it here too since this is one of my CL chicks. I need some advice.
4 of my 7 hatched (2 CLs, 2 CL/EEs) - 3 without problem but the 4th (CL) stalled - she broke a large hole but she just couldn't break through. I waited a day and figured she was a goner anyway but she kept chirping and chirping so I helped her out. Everything was fine - no blood, yolk sac absorbed - I think the shell was just super thick and hard to break and she couldn't do it herself.
She's been out of the shell about an hour (she's back in the incubator now) but she can't seem to get out of her "egg" position. Her neck is curled under and she can't seem to get her feet under her. She's flopping around.
I guess I waited too long to help. It's like she was in the shell with her neck down too long and now she's stuck that way.
Should I do anything? Leave her in the incubator for awhile and see what happens?
Is this "wry neck"? Or something worse?