Silkie thread!

[FarmGirl01]

Best buddies!!!

 

[peepblessed]

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OMG! I'm trying not to be envious! Beautiful!!

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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Adorble picture!

 

[robin416]

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I have one that's doing the same thing start her on vitamin E and baby poly-vi-sol about 2 small drops in her mouth. Am also giving her liquid B-12. I also add sugar or honey to her water for energy.

I do have hope in doing this this is my second one treating and my first one is doing great I hope this helps.

I had one with wry neck and had given the same thing and it helped her and she has been fine ever since.

If she's seeing what I think she's seeing vitamins won't change it. I'm trying to get ready for a show this weekend, I will try my best to get a pic of Head Tuck then you all can see what it looks like.

 

[midwestchickenwrangler]

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I have a pullet who does the same thing. A week or so after she hatched, she started puttting her head between her feet and walking backwards until she ran into a wall. Then she would continue trying to put her head as far back under her as she could until she would flip over forwards. I was thinking about culling her when she stopped doing this. I attributed it to stress after that.

When I moved the group of 10 silkies to the grow out pen in my barn, she started doing the head tuck again.

Brain damage or malnutrition / deficiency?

 

[Hawkeye95]

MsHuey- beautiful paints! I'm a huge fan of the Twilight books- so I love your choice of names!

I'm kind of a SciFi gal myself, and the last 3 silkies I bought I named Zorro, Yoda, and Zelda. ha!

ChristieLovesSilkies- cute pair! I can't believe all those lemons! They don't grow here, so I'm totally drooling! They are all over!

 

[robin416]

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I have a pullet who does the same thing. A week or so after she hatched, she started puttting her head between her feet and walking backwards until she ran into a wall. Then she would continue trying to put her head as far back under her as she could until she would flip over forwards. I was thinking about culling her when she stopped doing this. I attributed it to stress after that.

When I moved the group of 10 silkies to the grow out pen in my barn, she started doing the head tuck again.

Brain damage or malnutrition / deficiency?

It can be either/or. Head Tuck was fine before she got nailed in the head. A round of steroids pulled her out of it quickly. For the first year or so she was fine sitting on a nest but as she began to age she would start tucking when she got up. For some reason I decided it was nutrition since she was not eating like she normally would. I made certain she ate more while on the nest and avoided the tucking.

But she also is the one that tells me the feed is lacking something. The financial crash in the country caused smaller feed stores to keep feed for sale much past the time they should have. I only found this out after doing some digging. Old feed means vitamins have also aged past the point of providing what they need. I switched my source of feed and haven't seen her tuck in over a year.

 

[NewToFarming]

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I had one with wry neck and had given the same thing and it helped her and she has been fine ever since.

If she's seeing what I think she's seeing vitamins won't change it. I'm trying to get ready for a show this weekend, I will try my best to get a pic of Head Tuck then you all can see what it looks like.

So, what you guys are seeing is something totally different than wry neck? Thanks for posting the pic when you get time. I knew mine was wry neck because she had an impacted crop which led to the vitamin deficiency.

 

[Frost Homestead]

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OMGosh too cute!!

 

[robin416]

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If she's seeing what I think she's seeing vitamins won't change it. I'm trying to get ready for a show this weekend, I will try my best to get a pic of Head Tuck then you all can see what it looks like.

So, what you guys are seeing is something totally different than wry neck? Thanks for posting the pic when you get time. I knew mine was wry neck because she had an impacted crop which led to the vitamin deficiency.

Head Tuck started with a head injury and for some reason it caused her head to be held differently. She has it where her beak is held straight down with her neck perfectly straight. Thing of you bending your head down without moving your neck so that your chin touches your chest, that's how Head Tuck holds hers. There are times where I have to look for her because she will hold it more normally. There might be some residual nerve damage from the blow that causes her to hold her head the way she does.