Possible Wry neck??

[Pippin quail]

Hi there, I found one of my chickens standing in the run today just looking at the ground. I watched her for a bit and decided to bring her into our garage to keep an eye on her and make sure she was eating and drinking. I added some garlic and herbs to her food. But her head keeps falling forward like she can't hold it up. It looks like she's going to sleep but when she wakes up her head just drifts down again.

Is this wry neck or is there something else that would cause this? She's 5 months old and is normally my most active and curious chicken, so it's so sad to see her like this.

 

[STACEYH]

I hope this helps
https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/wry-neck.html

 

[Pippin quail]

I hope this helps
https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/wry-neck.html

Thanks! I'm still not sure that's what she has, but I'll try the vit E and selenium. I find it hard to believe she would be deficient in vit E though because it lists natural sources that are high in it and one is sunflower seeds. I give my chickens a handful of those pretty much every day. Along with herbs and greens from my garden a few times a week and their feed has vitamins added... Maybe she has some parasite or something that's making it hard for her to absorb those nutrients.

 

[4paws1983]

Hi there, I found one of my chickens standing in the run today just looking at the ground. I watched her for a bit and decided to bring her into our garage to keep an eye on her and make sure she was eating and drinking. I added some garlic and herbs to her food. But her head keeps falling forward like she can't hold it up. It looks like she's going to sleep but when she wakes up her head just drifts down again.

Is this wry neck or is there something else that would cause this? She's 5 months old and is normally my most active and curious chicken, so it's so sad to see her like this.

I had a serious case of wry neck with one of my pullets . I thought she was going to die she was so sick and happened so suddenly . I picked up selenium with vit E and used it twice daily for 3 weeks . She was like a new bird within 4 days !!

 

[Pippin quail]

I had a serious case of wry neck with one of my pullets . I thought she was going to die she was so sick and happened so suddenly . I picked up selenium with vit E and used it twice daily for 3 weeks . She was like a new bird within 4 days !!

Where do you get that? Any feed store type thing?

 

[4paws1983]

Tractor supply or Rural king , any local farm feed store

 

[Pippin quail]

Tractor supply or Rural king , any local farm feed store

Ok thanks.. Don't have those here in Canada, but I'll call my local feed store and see if they have it.

 

[4paws1983]

They should, otherwise Amazon has it I believe. Maybe even Chewy. How ever you can get it the fastest

 

[Pippin quail]

They should, otherwise Amazon has it I believe. Maybe even Chewy. How ever you can get it the fastest

I just read another post on here where a chicken was acting like it had wry neck and it was an ear infection. So I'll go check her ears too and see if there's any gunk in there. Otherwise I'll call the feed store as soon as they open!

 

[4paws1983]

Ok, Best of luck !!