Help, chicks neck

[Mvan42]

This chick hatched last night. Its neck isnt right it looks up all the time. Seems to be off balance but hasn't been out from under the broody yet. Should I give it time? Is there something I can do? Will it get better? Should I cull?

@Texas Kiki @Cyprus @aart

 

[Kiki]

Remove it from the mother and start treating it for wry neck.


Did this chick hatch out of an egg from your own chicken?

 

[Mvan42]

It was from a cousins chicken.. how do I treat for that.

 

[Kiki]

It was from a cousins chicken.. how do I treat for that.

It's caused by vitamin deficiencies.

You could double check to see what exactly they feed their birds and point them to a few articles here on BYC about good nutrition for breeder birds, before you hatch their eggs again.


To treat her you will need to give her vitamin E daily.

 

[Cyprus]

It was from a cousins chicken.. how do I treat for that.

It's wry neck, AKA Star Gazing.

If you can find some poultry NutriDrench or liquid B vitamin, you can give the chick one drop of either. The chick needs B1 vitamin, aka Thiamine.

 

[Mvan42]

It's caused by vitamin deficiencies.

You could double check to see what exactly they feed thier birds and point them to a few articles here on BYC about good nutrition for breeder bird's, before you hatch their eggs again.


To treat her you will need to give her vitamin E daily.

Thank you... their birds free range and are given some scratch grain.

 

[Kiki]

Read this real quick.
https://tikktok.wordpress.com/tag/treatment-for-chicken-with-wry-neck/

 

[Kiki]

Thank you... their birds free range and are given some scratch grain.

This is bad.
Don't hatch more eggs from these birds.

They need a complete balanced feed. Not just scratch.

 

[Cyprus]

It's caused by vitamin deficiencies.

You could double check to see what exactly they feed thier birds and point them to a few articles here on BYC about good nutrition for breeder bird's, before you hatch their eggs again.


To treat her you will need to give her vitamin E daily.

The issue is caused by a lack of Thiamine (B1 vitamin) vitamin E will help with the uptake of Thiamine, but what the chick really needs is Thiamine, which can be found in any electrolyte/vitamin mix formulated for chicks as well as NutriDrench.

 

[Cyprus]

Thank you... their birds free range and are given some scratch grain.

Mine are on the same diet, but produce healthy eggs.

Chickens can produce viable hatching eggs on a free range diet. The forage they eat would have to be rich enough in nutrients and vitamins. Scratch can dilute that, which is why it shouldn't be free choice.