HELP, MY CHICK WONT LOOK UP AND KEEPS FLOPPING OVER

[Chicken Lover62205]

Please help, my 4 week old rhode island red, Sweet Pea, has been acting weird all day, her beak is always pointed down! Every once in a while she will like tumble backwards and fall over! This is my first time having chickens, I only have 3, so they are very special to me, and Sweet pea is so sweet, hense the name, I would hate to see something happen to her.I hope its nothing i did wrong! She doesnt eat any treats, she literally won eat them, she just eats chcik starter and drinks water! PLEASE HELP ME QUICK! BTW when I move her head it doesnt seem to hurt her at all so i dont know what's wrong!

 

[azygous]

It could be a temporary bout of a vitamin deficiency. This imbalance can occur without warning, and with supplements, it can correct just as fast.

If you can, get some Poultry Nutri-drench from the feed store. Give her one drop per day. I will put two drops in the palm of my hand, and dip the chick's beak in the puddle. When the puddle is reduced to a smear, she has had the proper dose.

If you have vitamin E 400iu on hand, give her one capsule. You can break it open and do the same as I described above to get her to take it.

If you have any vitamin B complex, you can use one tablet per day, crushed in a little applesauce.

If it's a vitamin problem causing this odd behavior, Sweet Pea should show improvement within days.

 

[Eggcessive]

This might be wry neck, which can be from hereditary, a vitamin deficiency, from a head injury, and later in life, other infectious diseases. I would also recommend vitamins including vitamin B1 (thiamine,) vitamin E, and the mineral selenium, found in egg, tuna
, and sunflower seeds. Make sure that your feed is a balanced chick feed , and is fresh dated so vitamins are full of potency.

 

[Chicken Lover62205]

Thank you so much I will keep updated