Help! Baby chick with odd looking neck!

[quail gggggggggg]

Ok. So I hatched out some quail chicks, and at about 3 days of age, my chick started looking like this. What is wrong? Thanks. The chick is in the middle.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It looks like Wry Neck.
Do you have any Poultry Nutri-Drench? I would give it 1-2drops of PND 2times a day for a week to see if that helps.

 

[feathermaid]

This link has more info on wry neck:
Wry Neck- Causes, Treatment and Prevention

 

[quail gggggggggg]

Oh, I forgot to say that the chick is running around, eating, and drinking just as good as the other birds. I am seriously baffled. I am putting sav a chick electrolyte in their water, and feeding 26% protein game bird starter. Could this be a result of inbreeding perhaps?

 

[ronott1]

Oh, I forgot to say that the chick is running around, eating, and drinking just as good as the other birds. I am seriously baffled. I am putting sav a chick electrolyte in their water, and feeding 26% protein game bird starter. Could this be a result of inbreeding perhaps?

Treat as posted above for wry neck.

Quail need high protein feed and the parent flock likely did not get the correct feed making a deficit for the chicks

 

[Aunt Angus]

If it's wry neck, it's the result of a vitamin deficiency. I would try the Nutri Drench.

Cute little burgers, those quail!

 

[quail gggggggggg]

The adult quail were fed the exact same 26 percent feed at the time the eggs were layed. This only showed up 2 days ago, so could it be an injury?

 

[Aunt Angus]

The adult quail were fed the exact same 26 percent feed at the time the eggs were layed. This only showed up 2 days ago, so could it be an injury?

It could be, I suppose, but I doubt it'd be so active if it were. The NutriDrench won't hurt even if it's not wry neck. It's a vitamin supplement. I give it to all my chicks right after I receive a shipment. It brought my BO from facing to thrive to thriving. I mix it in their water for the first few weeks, too (I mix it so that it resembles weak tea and change the water twice a day). I've not had any of the usual chick problems since.

 

[quail gggggggggg]

Ok. I'll run to tractor supply and pick up some! Thank you all so much for the tips.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Wry neck takes a while to reverse. Read the article FlappyFeathers posted a link to (and others). And please keep us posted!