Is this wry neck or something neurological?

[MESOFRUFFEH]

I wouldn't cull him. we need to find out if such chicks can survive. sounds good so far.

I have a chick like that hatched on friday. I massage his neck and give him raw egg yolk and keep him in incubator. I can see a bit of improvement. I put him in the brooder with the rest for about 10 minutes and he pecked some mash. he is back in incubator. I will give him yolk later. time will tell. this is an experiment so I can learn if there is a natural way to treat chicks like this one. he hatched from the wrong side and is crested.

You and I think alike lol. I would be very interested in how your chick turns out! I joined a special needs chicken group on Facebook that I was in many years ago and they have been a wealth of information and support. I really think my little guy is gonna make it, I moved him to a larger enclosure where he has access to food and water and he is eating on his own now for the past 2 days! I just hate giving up on them especially if they have some fight in them.

Last year when I raised the little failure to thrive chick I did so much research and everything said he wasnt going to make it, but he did. There was zero info that I could find on tube feeding a 3 day old chick but years ago I ordered some tiny suction catheter tubes just in case I ever needed them. They came in quite handy and worked like a charm. I made meticulous notes with that FTT chick with the intentions of writing an article here for others that may be interested since I didn't find any information on any chicks that made it. Of course not all chicks are compatible with life, but I think a lot more of them are than we give credit.

20 years ago when my son was born he had many issues and early intervention, I believe, changed the course of his life. I think the same applies even to a chicken. I have so much compassion for animals and hate to see them suffer, and there is no way I can sit back and watch a chick wither away and die. Call me crazy, but I just hate watching them die especially knowing I can help them. I have learned so much from great people in this forum over the years, and that's not to toot my own horn because I wouldn't have anything if not for those people who share their time and knowledge.

Here is a video I made yesterday of my little guy in his new "apartment".

He's doing great in there after an initial freak out. He's figured out where everything is. I had to make him some custom feeders so he wouldn't fall into his food. He likes to lean against things to steady himself, if he has too much room he pinballs all over the place. Hopefully that will get better with time. He was 2 weeks old yesterday. I ordered some vit e and selenium gel that will be here tomorrow and ditched the poultry cell and went back to nutridrench at the suggestion of the special needs group so I'm hoping that will speed him along. I've never had a chick with a case of wry neck like this so it's definitely a learning experience!

 

[chickengr]

my chick is in incubator where I hatch other eggs. I take him out to eat, drink and put him for about 5-10 minutes in the brooder with the other chicks. I have had good results with feeding sick chickens raw egg yolk (that contains about 36 vitamins) and honey water.