So we are on one week of treatment on days 4-6 he was getting so better holding his head up most of the day pecking at food acting normal I told my hubby that if he's still this way I'll consider putting him back in the brooder with his brother and another mate. Well on day 7 all that praise went away he is now worse then day 1 it seems every time i think he's progressing the next day bam worse, the twist now has went to the other side and he spins around. When he pecks he has a couple of dizzy spells then rights himself and back to eating. I've read on Google that with wry neck sometimes it gets worse before he gets better i'm hoping this is the case. I am so attached to him. We live in Birmingham, Alabama and I don't think Newcastle's Disease is here i have done a search and not found anything. Usually when his head is hanging I can prop him up and feed him with a spoon today he ain't having that, all he wants to eat is eggs and not his mash. I couldn't finish breakfast with him he was just all over the place so I'm waiting an hour and going to retry. He is getting 400 iu's vitamin E 2 times a day, vitamin b complex water as much as I can get him to swallow (I mix it in his mash) scramble eggs for the selenium. I clean out his brooder 2 times a day. I don't keep water in there because he spills it everywhere and I'm afraid with his head hanging he might drown. But before he got worse I was leaving in and he wasn't having an issue. I feed every 4 hours and take him out every 2 hours to see if he will drink water(s). Rocky is 4 weeks old Salmon Faverolle...He is still fighting.
I'm trying to remember what we fed ours when they were really struggling. Pretty sure it was a mix of plain yogurt, water, and a multi liquid vitamin without iron. Assuming that you are indeed dealing with wry neck, perhaps s/he just needs a little more time...or, requires something else in liquid multis that s/he isn't currently getting. I had a pigeon I found years ago... couldn't stand or walk or keep it's head up. Just flopped into things. I suspected impact with vehicle or mareks or something else. Wasn't sure but I brought it home. Fed it the combo mentioned above and then slowly started adding chicken feed and holistic antivirals/fungals/-bacterials to the mix. It took weeks but he recovered fully. I admit, I was shocked. He was so bad when I found him, I didnt think he had much of a chance. If I were you, I'd find a liquid multi w/o iron and also an organic plain yogurt (conventional brands often have aspartame or other ingredients you want to avoid in this case). Mix in a little bottled water and feed with a dropper. See if that doesn't help the chick a little. If not, I'd lean towards neurological issues since infection would seem improbable at this age if they're isolated and the other chicks are fine. Keep this thread posted with how things go!
