Help chick with wry neck?

[CluckYeah8908]

I’m assuming this is wry neck. His head is constantly twisted to the side. He hatched on 07/03 and I’ve seen little improvement. He can walk and stand but will eventually fall over and can’t get back up. He’s still in the incubator because the others will pick on him if he’s in the brooder. Is it dangerous to keep him in there for so long? I’m scared if even if he’s in his own brooder space he won’t stay under the heat plate. If it’s okay for him to stay in the incubator should I lower the temp? I’ve been giving him “save a chick” water through a dropper. He has access to chick starter but doesn’t eat much. I’ve also been feeding him raw egg. He loves it. I’ve been give him poly vi sol too. How much poly vi all should he be taking everyday? The drops? Sorry for so many questions I just want to do everything I can for this little guy. Please no mean comments as I’m new to this. Any tips are appreciated. Also I’ve been asked this so yes he’s pooping just fine

 

[Eggcessive]

Don’t give both the SaveAChick vitamins/electrolytes and the PolyVisol without Iron at the same time. The SAC is fine for 2 days, then switch to the PV 2-3 drops daily. Vitamin E (some extra) is very good to give in addition to the PV for wry neck. In newly hatched chicks some wry neck is due ro E deficiency, while some is due to thiamin (B1) deficiency. Mix up a little chick feed with water, and cooked egg yolk, and try feeding the chick. I would try to get the chick out of the incubator if the others have all ahatched, and get it in a brooder, but you can separate with a small partition if it is being picked on. As I have said before in other threads, when hatching eggs at home, you will be dealing with a lot of problems like these and the leg problems, and you try the best you can to help, but not all will make it.

 

[Isaac 0]

@Eggcessive , ) Gave you some good advice, and I might add that most nutritionally deficient chicks have a fairly rapid recovery, so if you don’t start to see improvement soon after vitamin therapy, the thinking that it may be a possible genetic defect or possible incubation malposition might be more likely.