Thank you BYC! I freaked out yesterday when a chick started severely tucking its head between its legs, walking backward which rapidly changed to include flipping and flopping all over.
By reading all the articles here, I did what I thought of for a week to 2 week old chick.
Separated in little box with feed on bottom and a lid for warm water + polyvit. watered the chick occasionally with a dropper, just dipping the tip of its beak in. It got worse with the spasms, flipping and flopping something awful. So I made a little neck brace like for whiplash, cut from very soft chamios and scotch taped pinched behind the neck, just sized enough to be loose to move but hold the head from tucking and initiating those seizures. It would go through this bobbing stuff alot. Kept watering. It ate some. Went to bed, fully thinking I'd have a dead chick in the morning.
I checked at 5am. No chick. It had thrown off the collar, hopped out of the box and joined its mates in the brooder (I had this little box in the brooder to keep warm). It's still weak but not spasming. So I keep watering it every little bit.
It may still die. But I feel I've done all I can. Pretty sure it was an injury that caused this.
But thank you All!
By reading all the articles here, I did what I thought of for a week to 2 week old chick.
Separated in little box with feed on bottom and a lid for warm water + polyvit. watered the chick occasionally with a dropper, just dipping the tip of its beak in. It got worse with the spasms, flipping and flopping something awful. So I made a little neck brace like for whiplash, cut from very soft chamios and scotch taped pinched behind the neck, just sized enough to be loose to move but hold the head from tucking and initiating those seizures. It would go through this bobbing stuff alot. Kept watering. It ate some. Went to bed, fully thinking I'd have a dead chick in the morning.
I checked at 5am. No chick. It had thrown off the collar, hopped out of the box and joined its mates in the brooder (I had this little box in the brooder to keep warm). It's still weak but not spasming. So I keep watering it every little bit.
It may still die. But I feel I've done all I can. Pretty sure it was an injury that caused this.
But thank you All!
