Please HELP fast. Please PLEASE please (updated.)

[Jennyhaschicks]

Oh yah. I forgot about a seizure. That could have been. She wasn't shaking all over but she was shaking her head a bit. Really strange to say the least.
Thank you all for your help. I appreciate it.

 

[THough1956]

I have had this happen with my silkies recently also. One survived and one did not. Some people said Mareks. I talked with some guys with the NC Ag dept, they say Markets is rare.

First off isolate the bird, start giving some yougurt, scambled egg, make sure it is eating. How old is the bird? Did she just start to lay? That is stressful. boost protein. Also keep it dry and warm. You could try some antibiotics in the water, although some people would disagree with that.

If it is not from sickness, you know silkies have a valtued skull and a soft spot in the top of their head, if they were pecked on the head it could have brain damage.

Also Silkies are prone to something called Crooked Neck. Google and read up on it. That sounds a little like what you are describing also.

Good luck.

 

[robin416]

Yep, wry or crook neck is something that Silkies can develop. Give her vitamin E with selenium for the next several days. I mix mine in something my girl with eat.

 

[Brody's Broodello]

Not wry neck. Wry neck causes an imbalance to the inner ear. They will go side ways not front to back. Silkies, especially vaulted skulled ones are prone to head injuries. As are polish. The vaulted skull is a protruding of the top of the head. It is not a closed skull, therefore the brain can easliy be injured. Sometimes newborns will get the same symptoms if pecked just once by a hatchmate. This was a topic of discussion at a recent show with a masterbreeder & judge of silkies. The best treatment is to just keep her by herself. Making sure she eats and drinks. It will resolve itself after the nerve endings have had a chance to repair. But caution, if not properly repaired,the symptoms can show up, if the bird is under any stress. ie back into a coop of others to soon. Some birds will appear fine for months and then show signs if under stress. Next time at a show, watch the silkies that have been there for a few hours, some will start twitching their heads about, like a bobblehead. They have had some type of head injury in the past. Sometimes the injury resolves itself before the owner is aware of it, but is only noticed sometime later when the bird is stressed and begins to Bobble. Having breed silkies for awhile I have seen this happen often. I just this week had a newborn do this the second day after hatching. I left her alone with the others and in two days could not tell her apart from the other chicks. I also had a cock injure himself on the way to a show. He was fine when I put him in the crate, but once we arrived. His head was tipping forward and bobbling. I brought him home and put him with his hen, who acted like a seeingeye bird. She would help him stand for food and water. She would walk up to him and lean into him and cluck when I would add their meals. After about 4 months he was totally back to normal. Hope this info helps.

 

[robin416]

I'm fortunate enough to have both a bobblehead and a past head injury so I do have first hand experience with both.

The bobblehead is genetic, his head twitches side to side almost constantly. When he's stressed it becomes almost painful to watch.

My head injury girl was bopped in the head several years ago. The head injury birds tuck their heads between their legs so tight they tumble. The neck does not curl to the side or back.