Sick silkie- possibly crook neck ..help!

helen1989

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5 Years
May 13, 2014
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Hi i have a 14 week old silkie hen who has been curling her head under her body since yesterday. Today she has been flipping over on to her back and side. Only in past few hours shes done this. Ive checked other pages and think its crook neck or wry neck and have given her coconut water for dehydration and yeast with scrambled eggs and seeds for vit B and vit E as recommended but she wont eat. I know raw egg isnt recommended because it could lead her to eat her own eggs but i didnt have much choice as she wont eat. I mixed some raw egg yolk with the coconut water and she drank some. Is there anything else i can give her to help? She is asleep right now in a box separated from my 2 other chickens but she shuffles her neck every now and then. She also did a green watery poop which is weird because she doesnt seem to like veggies, ive never seen her eat any. She threw up a bit of coco water at the start but has since kept all the coco water and egg down
 
Your chicken probably has wry neck or encephalomalacia, and I would probably give the vitamins B1 thiamine, E, and selenium in a medication such as Poultry Nutridrench or other vitamin mix just to make sure there was enough. As you may know, wry neck can be a symptom of Mareks or other diseases, a head injury, or vitamin deficiency. Here are some links for you:
http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avian-atlas/node/600
http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/Crookneck/Crookneck.html
http://oureggbasket.blogspot.com/2013/04/wry-neck-or-crook-neck-understanding-it.html
 

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