Duckling with head sideways help

[Pigpie]

You should separate in different pen if possible just to avoid further injury at least it can be close to it's flock mates such as in same room different pen or crate so they can talk to each other until it's back to normal vitamins should help with these little guys next

 

[WVduckchick]

How's the duckling doing now? Have you tried massaging the neck any? Holding him, etc?
As far as separating, I don't think it's anything contagious(?), and he needs his flockmates, but not if they pick on him. Hopefully he has improved!

(I hate it when I miss a tag)

 

[MartinsPoultry]

No improvement and yes to massaging. And I dont think so as these are all hatchmates from my own brood. Nobody picks on it at all.

 

[WVduckchick]

No improvement yet doesn't sound good. I don't really know what else to suggest.
@casportpony or @Miss Lydia may have some ideas?

Is he still eating and drinking? How's the poop look? Maybe make a little neck brace?

 

[casportpony]

I have seen something very similar several times. Once in a duckling of mine, twice in ducklings of fellow BYCers, once in a peachick of mine, and once in a peachick of a fellow BYCer.

You can keep trying vitamins, they sure won't hurt. To me it looks more like a form of scoliosis than wry neck.

 

[Miss Lydia]

This has been going on since Wednesday? are you giving the lil one Nutri drench straight into it's bill. It's fast acting and goes straight into the blood stream instead of having to go through the gut first. Only other thing I can rec is getting the Poly vi sol with out iron and giving a drop or 2 2X a day straight also hopefully it will show improvement soon. Make sure it can eat and drink it's going to need help.

All the best.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Yes been giving it the drops as well as in the water. We have it on duckling starter as well. We've never had this happen ever. Im about to upgrade them to something a little larger here soon as they are getting bigger. Do you think its something genetic? The father walks with his head up straight but looks sideways? The father came from a woman who doesn't believe in cleaning out the bloodlines and keeping all the prettiest birds she produces. We have since gotten a good chunk of her old flock and under close examination most of all of them have severe inbreeding issues. Ancona hens with deformed bills same with Khaki Campbells. The two drakes we got from her are being removed into Boys camp, except for the Indian Runner male and his girls who she got from different breeders as chicks.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It maybe, Probably @casportpony, @Ravynscroft Or @Pyxis could talk more on genetics. I sure hope the lil ones gets improved with all your doing. Give it time.

 

[casportpony]

In my duck it was almost certainly genetic.

 

[MartinsPoultry]

Gave it more drops just a bit ago;
Took a couple of pictures. One before med time in the sink, one of stool and one with make shift brace which its freaking out over.