Sick Chick

[woodweasel58]

We bought chicks a week or so ago, they've been fine till tonight. One of the Barred Rocks is tucking it's head all the way under it's body. I picked it up and checked it out it appeared normal until I let go of it's head it rolled it back up under. It's staying burrowed against the side of the brooder. Any Ideas?

 

[<3ChickenForever]

I think the chick is okay! Baby chicks do strange stuff when they are tired! Sometimes they'll even spread out their legs!

 

[MrsBrooke]

If you feel her neck is weak or she seems a bit wobbly compared to the others, you can add some vitamin B12/riboflavin to their water. Weakness can be a sign of deficiency.

Other than that, is she eating and drinking okay?

MrsB

 

[LuvnMyChix]

Google "crazy chick disease".

"a disease of the nervous system of young chickens caused by inadequate intake of vitamin E and marked by severe muscular incoordination, tremors, and encephalomalacia followed by paralysis and by renal congestion and failure"

Here's a link to a video on youtube that shows what a chick looks like with the disease:

Here's a link to a post here on BYC about it:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...y-and-crazy-chick-disease-photos-added-post-5