Crooked neck

[ascott1978]

Have a Dominique (sp?) chick that is about a week old. Everything was normal until this morning. For some reason it has a crooked neck now. Head is turned in one direction and isn't returning to a normal position.

What could be causing this?

 

[ascott1978]

Additional symptoms...

It just started that a while ago today. It also gets to going backwards and can't stop and holds it head down and then it's heads twists around and it does a flip then gets back up and stands there looking with it's head sideways.

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

I have a black polish roo that started that at three weeks. We figured he fell and hurt his neck. I gave him baby polyvisol vitamins without iron. I also put him in his own little coop with a hen He is now just going to turn 1 year. He still has his crooked neck and walks mainly in circles but he he has a good life. I consider him my special needs chicken lol Just lately he has started to get testy. When I go into his coop to feed he will attack my legs. Of course he does this going in circles so its easy to avoid but I can't believe with all the attention he got growing up that he would try to attack me. lol As long as i can sidestep him I will put up with it.lol

 

[bananakaygirl]

You might try some sort of electrolyte or vitamin supplement.
This will aid them in the healing process.
Be careful with the vitamins,though. (There can be too much of a good thing!)

Try holding her neck straight.

Is she eating/drinking normally?
Are the other chickens messing with her at all?
Is there some sort of stress in the environment?