
Any advice? I have vitamin water and feed chick starter currently.
Doesn't seem interested in food but had a few pecks at it.
I really love this boy and wanted to keep him


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Thanks for adviceWhat are the vitamins you are giving him?
I would make sure those contain Vitamin E and B1 (Thiamine). Vitamin therapy of 400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 tablet B-Complex may be helpful, with direct dosing you are sure that he's getting the vitamins instead of relying on a sick bird to drink.
The symptoms you describe are neurological. There's numerous causes and it would be hard to nail it down unless you lose him and have a necropsy. A few common causes are disease like Marek's, head trauma, nutritional/vitamin deficiency and/or genetics.
Since you had another that had similar symptoms, then disease may be the problem.
If you have vet care, getting a fecal float to see if worms and/or coccidia are contributing factors would be a good idea.
Check to make sure his crop is emptying, syringe fluids and food into him if necessary, look him over for lice mites.
He has had over 1ml of the poultry vitamins now as he has drank all the water and eaten half the little container of wet feed.. yep chick starter, as all mine are eating that with chicks in the flock. Could be a head injury I guess, no fighting other then the usual pecks to show dominance but that may have got the wrong spot and caused neurological damage as you know Silkies are susceptible to that.He's eating chick starter right?
Could he have hit his head? Any fighting?
Can he see ok?
Is there a way to get a fecal float to see if Coccidia is an issue? What's his poop like?
I would use those vitamins. It contains B1 and E along with other essential b vitamins and minerals.
Umm, possible Mareks I guessGood advice by Wyorp Rock. Hopefully, he doesn’t have Mareks disease, but that could be a possibility after losing another young one with similar symptoms. The vitamins are a good idea. Is there a poultry lab or vet in your area that can do a necropsy or Mareks testing if you lose him? Mareks can have multiple symptoms and differs in each case. Lameness in one or both legs, or wings, twisted neck, curled under toes, imbalance, and other signs may be possible. Here is good article about Mareks disease:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/