Strange Neck Motion in Silkie Hen

[Wyorp Rock]

I crushed 2 vitamin b complex tablets, mixed the powder in water, and spoon fed it to her. I'm not sure how much she got down and will try again before nightfall.

What intervals would you suggest for administrating the vitamin B? Should I leave out the eggs with vitamin E with her feed?

Go to Walmart, CVS, grocery, etc. and buy a bottle of Vitamin E and B-Complex.
Give her 400UI Vitamin E and 1/4tablet B-Complex Daily.

Give her egg daily to help with the uptake of E. See that she's eating her normal feed.

Be sure to look in her ears for any infection and look to see if the feathers around her eyes need trimming. Check her crop, see that its emptying overnight.

Example Of E and B-Complex.

 

[Kingbobkingdom]

Her crop has a small bulge, and it doesn't seem like she's eating much, but she's not lethargic (eyes bright, stable walking, making sounds).
I'm hand feeding her with a dropper bottle for the vit E, selenium, vit B, and wet feed. I'm just touching the dropper to her beak, though, so I'm not sure how much she gets down. We'll see how she does over the next several weeks.

 

[Eggcessive]

I usually will mix up a small amount of wet chicken crumbles with some warm water to make it like runny oatmeal. Then I add some bits of cooked egg on top. Hold it up to her beak 2-3 times a day. Only a little egg is needed. The balanced chicken feed should be most of her diet.

 

[Kingbobkingdom]

She's feeling colder now - not moving much. I've been trying to feed her, but she's not showing any interest. Windshield wiping motion is weak, and my family is convinced she'll go tonight or tomorrow. I feel terrible that it might end this way. The symptoms only showed up yesterday, and it doesn't look like she's in pain.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry she's not improving, it sounds like she may have more going on and may not make it

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry that she is not doing any better. I hope that she starts eating, but if you lose her and want to find out what is wrong with her, your state vet probably can do a necropsy and some testing to rule out injury, brain tumor, or Mareks. Here is a list of state vets to contact, and how to keep the body cold:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

 

[Debbie292d]

You can help maintain her to give the E and B-complex more time to see if her neck issue improves. It could take a few weeks.

If you can get to a pet store or Walmart, pick up a small bag of Kaytee Exact Baby Parrot feed w/ Fat.

If you don't have anywhere local, you can buy it online from Chewy or Amazon, etc.

If you can't get any, that's okay. Just do it without.

Put about 1/2 cup of chick crumbles in a small bowl. Add about 1/4 cup of the Kaytee, a raw egg yolk, and some water until it reaches a consistency you can form into small balls. Make them a little larger than a pea, but smaller than a marble. Have a small dish of water nearby.

Hold her in your lap, open her beak, and feed her one. Let her swallow it. Keep going and feed her five or six of these, then help her sip some water. If she seems like she wants more, keep going. Or if not, give yourself and her a break, then do this again in an hour or two. I do this a total of four to five times per day until they start eating, or eating better on their own.

 

[Kingbobkingdom]

She's made it through the night; her neck is more swinging to the side than back and forth - very much like wry neck. Still won't take anything though.

 

[Debbie292d]

She's made it through the night; her neck is more swinging to the side than back and forth - very much like wry neck. Still won't take anything though.

I'd do as I mentioned above: basically force-feed. You can put the E and B-complex right in them but do that in just the balls you're going to feed her at one time, so she gets a full dose at once.