Silkie thread!

[Sirracha]

The neck brace is to help her sleep. She will fight it off but will get used to it. She'll also try to fly and it will confuse her like hell. It's best for her to have some support and not flop her neck around like that. Maybe find an old pair of knit gloves and cut off the tip to make a turtle neck for her.

 

[Sirracha]

Forgot to mention baby aspirin is to reduce the swelling from the possible brain trauma. The neck brace I made out if toilet paper roll was used by measuring her neck ad then cutting it in half long way and then stapling it. It will slide right over.

 

[Fancychooklady]

My earlier post seems to have been lost along the way. If you are feeding medicated chick starter you should cease when you suspect wry neck. Thiamine ( vitamin B ) deficiency is one of the main contributors to star gazing / wry neck. Amprolium used to control coccidiosis is a thiamine blocker.
It works on starving the coccidia and at the same time can cause a deficiency in some birds.
There is no way of knowing which vitamin your bird is lacking in, so it is a process of elimination.
If it is thiamine then stopping medicated feed and administering polyvisol may bring results.

 

[cutipatooti]

does anyone know if amber waves silkies are good quality?

 

[draines]

May be a bit early to ask...but can anyone give any advice to if they think this is a roo or pullet? My wife will be heartbroken if a roo since we can't keep a "him". Thanks in advance! We're guessing 6 weeks old? Her name is Loretta....hopefully not Lorenzo!?

 

[BelleFarm]

I would say it is to early to tell, sorry

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

My earlier post seems to have been lost along the way. If you are feeding medicated chick starter you should cease when you suspect wry neck. Thiamine ( vitamin B ) deficiency is one of the main contributors to star gazing / wry neck. Amprolium used to control coccidiosis is a thiamine blocker.
It works on starving the coccidia and at the same time can cause a deficiency in some birds.
There is no way of knowing which vitamin your bird is lacking in, so it is a process of elimination.
If it is thiamine then stopping medicated feed and administering polyvisol may bring results.

Glad you said that! I kept feeding my chick medicated chick starter. My store only has medicated. I have a TSC about an hr away- lol- maybe they have it. I don't have one with wry neck at the moment (knock on wood).

 

[Nevaschickens]

Both of my Silkie chicks passed. I was really looking forward to having some.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Both of my Silkie chicks passed. I was really looking forward to having some.

Oh that's sad.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Glad you said that!  I kept feeding my chick medicated chick starter.  My store only has medicated.  I have a TSC about an hr away- lol- maybe they have it.  I don't have one with wry neck at the moment (knock on wood).

Pam, I'm not warning people off medicated feed, coccocidiosis kills very quickly, I'm just saying that for birds with wry neck it could be doing more harm than good.