Silkie thread!

[minmin1258]

I hav a BIG problem....HELP!!! Please!!!! What is wrong with this baby??? Is there ANYTHING I can do to help her???
This is a straight on shot. Her head is literally turned nearly upside down! She's stumbling everywhere!!! She's only 17 hrs old, I've bn giving her vitamins in her water and even let her hav some straight from th eye dropper. She can't eat unless she's held and the food is softened with th vitamin water. I had 8 Silkie eggs only 4 hatched, two hav already died she's #3... I don't want t lose another one... Please help.

 

[Fancychooklady]

I hav a BIG problem....HELP!!! Please!!!! What is wrong with this baby??? Is there ANYTHING I can do to help her???
This is a straight on shot. Her head is literally turned nearly upside down! She's stumbling everywhere!!! She's only 17 hrs old, I've bn giving her vitamins in her water and even let her hav some straight from th eye dropper. She can't eat unless she's held and the food is softened with th vitamin water. I had 8 Silkie eggs only 4 hatched, two hav already died she's #3... I don't want t lose another one... Please help.

Looks like wry neck ! You need polyvisol without iron and cut open a vitamin E cap and feed straight to the chick. There are plenty of threads on this condition on this site with pics for you to compare.

 

[minmin1258]

I hav a BIG problem....HELP!!! Please!!!! What is wrong with this baby??? Is there ANYTHING I can do to help her???
This is a straight on shot. Her head is literally turned nearly upside down! She's stumbling everywhere!!! She's only 17 hrs old, I've bn giving her vitamins in her water and even let her hav some straight from th eye dropper. She can't eat unless she's held and the food is softened with th vitamin water. I had 8 Silkie eggs only 4 hatched, two hav already died she's #3... I don't want t lose another one... Please help.

Looks like wry neck ! You need polyvisol without iron and cut open a vitamin E cap and feed straight to the chick. There are plenty of threads on this condition on this site with pics for you to compare.

I've bn dosing her with poly vi sol and spoon feeding her softened chick starter and water. I don't hav vitamin E available. Is this a fatal condition? How often should I give th vitamins?

 

[silkieangel]

I am new to silkies. I just got my first 2 today. I am not sure whats wrong with one of them tho. They are2 days old. It has energy but limps when it walks and its feet are out like a penguin. It will jump and hurdles with my polish chicks and the other silky. Can somebody please tell me whats wrong with it and how to fix it.

 

[Fancychooklady]

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I've bn dosing her with poly vi sol and spoon feeding her softened chick starter and water. I don't hav vitamin E available. Is this a fatal condition? How often should I give th vitamins?[/quote
It is believed to be a vitamin deficiency. Some people have seen improvement in as little as 24 hours. Go to the search bar at the top of the page and type in ' wry neck '
You need to research as much as possible. I'm not sure of the dosage. If the chick starter you have is medicated you should probably cease using it for the time being. Amprolium is a B group vitamin inhibitor and would be affecting the absorption of the polyvisol .

 

[Regin]

Since Silkies don't really fly. How high can their roosts be off the ground?

 

[Fancychooklady]

I am new to silkies. I just got my first 2 today. I am not sure whats wrong with one of them tho. They are2 days old. It has energy but limps when it walks and its feet are out like a penguin. It will jump and hurdles with my polish chicks and the other silky. Can somebody please tell me whats wrong with it and how to fix it.

I'm not sure what you mean by ' walks like a penguin " . Was the chick hatched like this? Could be splayed legs.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Since Silkies don't really fly.  How high can their roosts be off the ground?

I give mine ladders to get to the perch and my perches are about 3 ft off the ground.

 

[silkieangel]

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I'm not sure what you mean by ' walks like a penguin " . Was the chick hatched like this? Could be splayed legs.[/quit

It turns its feet out and limps. Im not sure I didnt notice it until we got it home this afternoon. We bought it from the feed store this morning. It interacts with all the other chicks and doesnt want to be singled out.

 

[Fancychooklady]

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I'm not sure what you mean by ' walks like a penguin " . Was the chick hatched like this? Could be splayed legs.[/quit

It turns its feet out and limps. Im not sure I didnt notice it until we got it home this afternoon. We bought it from the feed store this morning. It interacts with all the other chicks and doesnt want to be singled out.

There are several conditions that could cause a chick to limp. Some are very serious like mareks and then it could just be an injury. I would take a pic of the chick and post it in emergencies and diseases.