Treatment for wry neck

[calcifer]

Hello I have a six week old bantam cochin that I believe has wryneck or was injured by other bigger grow outs stepping on him? He was fine until a week or so ago and now seems to not be able to look up. His chin is up against his chest He is still eating/drinking and other then his neck and maybe balance he seems active. Can I treat with nutri-drench? If so what is the dosage? I know it says to mix with water or for rapid to put one ml per 3 lbs into the mouth? Everday or?

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

If it’s wry neck then it needs vitamin E
I’m not at home to give much info but @Miss Lydia knows dose

 

[Miss Lydia]

This is how to administer oral meds https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/ or one drop at a time right inside the beak letting them swallow after each one. Nutri drench along with vitamin E prick the soft gel cap and squeeze over feed. also scrambled eggs to get selenium into this chick. If an injury all of this will work as support until healed.

@Eggcessive

 

[calcifer]

This is how to administer oral meds https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/ or one drop at a time right inside the beak letting them swallow after each one. Nutri drench along with vitamin E prick the soft gel cap and squeeze over feed. also scrambled eggs to get selenium into this chick. If an injury all of this will work as support until healed.

@Eggcessive

How often should I use nutri-drench into the mouth?

 

[Eggcessive]

The vitamins E is more important, and I would use 400 IU daily given orally. Nutridrench is okay 1 ml daily for 5 days or less, because it can cause diarrhea. But it doesn‘t have enough vitamin E. If you can also give it a little scrambled egg each day for selenium that would be great. It also has some thiamine. Wry neck (torticolis) can be caused by head injury, vitamin E or thiamine deficiency, and is seen in older birds with certain diseases, such as Mareks.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@New duck mommy 2021 mixed the vit E into the scrambled egg make sure to start with a small amount of egg so the chick gets the full dose of vit E.

 

[calcifer]

The vitamins E is more important, and I would use 400 IU daily given orally. Nutridrench is okay 1 ml daily for 5 days or less, because it can cause diarrhea. But it doesn‘t have enough vitamin E. If you can also give it a little scrambled egg each day for selenium that would be great. It also has some thiamine. Wry neck (torticolis) can be caused by head injury, vitamin E or thiamine deficiency, and is seen in older birds with certain diseases, such as Mareks.

I'll try vitamin e. should I stop at day 5 and how soon will I see a difference? If it is fixed should a not breed him?

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I would scramble one egg
But take a few bites to the side and put the E in it. That way I knew he got all his meds before he got full. Then I jet him have more. Not the whole egg though at a week old one egg was 3 meals for him

 

[Eggcessive]

No, keep the vitamin E going for a couple of weeks. Just don’t give Poultry NutriDrench for more than 5 days.