Crooked Neck

[Audreyb372]

we have a rooster named crooked neck because one night last week we found him on the ground while the others roosted and his neck was completely crooked. We googled some things and one said it may be an electrolyte Deficiency so we separated him and gave him water with electrolytes in it. We thought he was getting better but before we decided to put him with other chickens his neck was the same way and it hasn’t changed. Please help!

 

[staceyj]

Wry neck. It needs to be treated aggressively as it will progress quickly.

It’s not electrolytes he’s lacking.
It’s e, b2 and selenium.

 

[staceyj]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/wry-neck-causes-treatment-and-prevention.67732/

 

[staceyj]

It can make eating very difficult. If you have a nearby pharmacy you can get vitamin e gelcaps. Break them open and drip the liquid right onto the bird’s beak and let it roll into their mouth.

It can be mixed into a bit of food that you know they’ll eat such as a bite of scrambled egg (eggs contain high amounts of selenium)
Yogurt or applesauce.

Selenium (tablets) can be broken into bits

Same with a mixed B vitamin too.

 

[Humble Shack Farm]

Hello Audreyb372,

You'll find another thread about treating wry neck here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/using-rooster-booster-for-chick-with-wry-neck.1295506/
While we had baby chicks with a wry neck, an adult bird requires the same treatment. I hope you find this helpful.

 

[Eggcessive]

I think stacyj meant B1 thiamine in post 2, instead of B2. X2 on treating with b complex and vitamin E. Extra selenium is usually not necessary, but some egg can be given in small amounts, and that has selenium.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Maybe he's just wondering why the sky is blue........

 

[staceyj]

I think stacyj meant B1 thiamine in post 2, instead of B2. X2 on treating with b complex and vitamin E. Extra selenium is usually not necessary, but some egg can be given in small amounts, and that has selenium.

THANK YOU

 

[staceyj]

Maybe he's just wondering why the sky is blue........

Strike one from me, for today shamo.