Hi Everyone.
My 5 month old Columbian Wyandott recently developed Wry Neck (or at least what I think might be Wry Neck). Last week when I went outside to put ice in the chicken's water, I noticed that she had not left the coop to join the other chickens in the run. I found her on the roosting bar with her neck twisted upward. I initially thought that her neck was broken because she was not lifting her neck as I tried to give her water.
I immediately separated her from the flock and walked away to get some electrolytes to add to her water. When I came back out, her head was back up and she was walking around. When I tried to handle her again she began to tremor and twisted her neck back up. I decided to keep her in our brooder so I could keep an eye on her. We have given her poultry cell in her water (contains vitamin E and selenium) and some scrambled eggs with her food for the past week. I also treated her and the rest of the flock for parasites using safe-guard goat dewormer.
When she is in the brooder she is typically balled up with her neck twisted and needs a lot of coaxing to eat and drink. If I bring her outside and give her space she perks up and will eat and drink just fine. She walks around fine, but every 2-3 minutes she has this weird tremor, balls her neck up for about 30 seconds, and then lifts her head back up like nothing happened. When she is stressed she definitely gets worse, so I recently decided to reunite her with the hens. We separated the rooster because we did not want him trying to mate with her. My husband thinks that the rooster may have injured her neck when trying to mate with her.
Anyway, after about a week and a half of vitamin supplements she does not seem to be getting better. Now I am wondering if it could be something else that is causing the wry neck. Does anyone have anyone have any other suggestions for me to try with her?
Thanks for the support guys!
My 5 month old Columbian Wyandott recently developed Wry Neck (or at least what I think might be Wry Neck). Last week when I went outside to put ice in the chicken's water, I noticed that she had not left the coop to join the other chickens in the run. I found her on the roosting bar with her neck twisted upward. I initially thought that her neck was broken because she was not lifting her neck as I tried to give her water.
I immediately separated her from the flock and walked away to get some electrolytes to add to her water. When I came back out, her head was back up and she was walking around. When I tried to handle her again she began to tremor and twisted her neck back up. I decided to keep her in our brooder so I could keep an eye on her. We have given her poultry cell in her water (contains vitamin E and selenium) and some scrambled eggs with her food for the past week. I also treated her and the rest of the flock for parasites using safe-guard goat dewormer.
When she is in the brooder she is typically balled up with her neck twisted and needs a lot of coaxing to eat and drink. If I bring her outside and give her space she perks up and will eat and drink just fine. She walks around fine, but every 2-3 minutes she has this weird tremor, balls her neck up for about 30 seconds, and then lifts her head back up like nothing happened. When she is stressed she definitely gets worse, so I recently decided to reunite her with the hens. We separated the rooster because we did not want him trying to mate with her. My husband thinks that the rooster may have injured her neck when trying to mate with her.
Anyway, after about a week and a half of vitamin supplements she does not seem to be getting better. Now I am wondering if it could be something else that is causing the wry neck. Does anyone have anyone have any other suggestions for me to try with her?
Thanks for the support guys!
