My Hen's Head is Upside-down

[The Angry Hen]

Quick google search said Tuna is a good source of Selenium. As PP have said, Vitamin E, and Selenium may fix her right up. I'd also include a source of B vitamins, and really, a good multi vit. Other thread searches for you to look at: Star gazing, crazy chick disease, wry neck, Vitamin E encephalopathy. I had a hen who was a moon walker, but only during times of stress: molting, cold weather. I'd give her some Poultry Nutri drench and that would fix her right up until the next episode. She was a wonderful layer.

I definitely agree with the post I have quoted. I feel as though this will definitely come in handy for you and your hen.

 

[Altfrizzle]

You can also give poly-vi-sol baby vitamins without iron.

 

[micstrachan]

Poor Susan! Sounds like you are doing everything you can for her. Hoping for the best!

 

[Isamama]

I think I'm behind slightly optimistic if I say she's going better today. I'm going to get some poly-vi-sol tonight after work. I only had D-vi-sol in the cabinet. Im not sure how much she's actually drinking, so should I syringe it in to her? Do I dilute it?

 

[lazy gardener]

Read the instructions on the bottle. Take her body weight into consideration. If you have a choice between buying Polyvisol or Poultry ND, I'd go with the PND.

 

[Isamama]

I just dosed her .5 ml of the poly-vi-sol, which is half the recommended dose for a baby. Hoping to see some improvement. I called vets today and no one but the exotic pet vet will treat a chicken. She's considered an exotic pet I guess! And it's. $77.10 just for an office call there. It's a relatively rural area, I guess I assumed farm vets would treat chickens, but I was told no three times.
It's been about 24 hours since I found her yesterday in the run, and no real visible improvement with just the Save A Chick. Hopefully this vitamin will help.

 

[theoldchick]

Bless her. She's trying so hard. Here's some info:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...ion/wry-neck&usg=AOvVaw0JuBAGj-vvAyGoWG8qByCA

 

[Isamama]

It's been four days since Susan started exhibiting symptoms. For the past 3 I've been giving her vitamin E in the morning, poly-vi-sol in the evening, and save-a-chick in her water each day. No marked progress, but she's not any worse. I tried to make a brace from bubble wrap and vet wrap but she didn't tolerate it well, so I removed it. I've read this recovery can take weeks, so I'm being patient, just wanted to give an update. Thanks to everyone for your input and knowledge!

 

[Isamama]

Day five and she's starting to get better! The vitamins must be working! We've gone through about a gallon of Save A Chick, too. Yay!!!! It's slow progress, but progress nonetheless!

 

[staceyj]

Great news! Keep up the good work!

When I give vitamins to my chickens I break some bread into little bits and put a drop of polyvisol on each.
Even though they don't like the taste of vitamins they can't resist the bread because it's a treat they seldom get.