Twisting Head and Rocking

[Bamabexchicks]

The site will not let me post video for some reason. No moldy feed. We have really warm weather here all of a sudden so our best guess was she got into something with bacteria, but her stool came back clean from vet.

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[staceyj]

Here’s more.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/wry-neck-treatment.1285654/#post-20793640

 

[getaclue]

Use either Nutridrench, or Poly Vi Sol for children WITHOUT iron. Put 3 or 4 drops in her mouth, then add about 1/8 teaspoon to a quart waterer. The yellow diarrhea could be from several things...Please post pics of the poop.

 

[Llg681]

Welcome to BYC. She looks gravely ill. Can you post where you are located in case that can help? Has she been outside free ranging? Can she move her legs or wings? Is there any nasal or eye drainage, or do you see any gasping or respiratory symptoms? Could she have eaten anything that was under water or under groung buried, where botulism might be a problem? If you have any vitamins such as Poultry NutriDrench or Poultry Cell, give her 2 ml slowly. Also offer her some chicken feed, crumbles or pellets with a lot of water in them, plus a bit of cooked egg. Have you ever had any unexplained deaths in the past?

Ok so, we are in eastern pa. Reading area. She cannot go very far in ranging. She has the entire underneath of the chicken pen to herself, and maybe 10×10 fully enclosed space in the yard. She can move both wings and legs. Shes keeping her claws clamped up tho. Nose drainage, I forgot, vet said she has an upper respiratory infection, she definitely could have eaten something from water. We had a snow storm last week and it finally melted around sunday.no unexplained deaths in the past. No issues at all. When she was a chick tho another chicken pecked her on the head and she had a lump. But other than that...no drama

 

[getaclue]

Give the antibiotics too, along with the vitamins. What are you feeding her? Brand?

 

[azygous]

Wry neck can make a chick suffering from it appear hopelessly ill. Since it's easy to treat for, I would do that on the chance it can restore her to normalcy. Vitamin E 400iu once a day with either a sliver of selenium or a soft boiled egg. It can accompany other illnesses in that it's caused by a vitamin and nutrient imbalance. Continue with the antibiotic the vet prescribed unless they gave it to her in one shot.

I had a chicken once, actually my very first one, that became paralyzed from the neck down, could not stand or walk or move except her head. I was able to get her to eat by holding a dish of food under her beak. If you cannot get food into her that way, you will need to tube her, and that goes for the vitamins, too. Unless you can get food and water into her, she won't get any better.

 

[staceyj]

Even though she lives “alone” have you
ever had mareks in your flock?
Recently moved to this location?
Bought a secondhand coop?
Brought in any new chickens?

 

[Llg681]

https://www.facebook.com/100000382700341/posts/2258172230872178/

 

[Llg681]

Even though she lives “alone” have you
ever had mareks in your flock?
Recently moved to this location?
Bought a secondhand coop?
Brought in any new chickens?

No to everything

 

[staceyj]

Wry neck can make a chick suffering from it appear hopelessly ill. Since it's easy to treat for, I would do that on the chance it can restore her to normalcy. Vitamin E 400iu once a day with either a sliver of selenium or a soft boiled egg. It can accompany other illnesses in that it's caused by a vitamin and nutrient imbalance. Continue with the antibiotic the vet prescribed unless they gave it to her in one shot.

I had a chicken once, actually my very first one, that became paralyzed from the neck down, could not stand or walk or move except her head. I was able to get her to eat by holding a dish of food under her beak. If you cannot get food into her that way, you will need to tube her, and that goes for the vitamins, too. Unless you can get food and water into her, she won't get any better.

@Llg681
This is all true. Sometimes the paralysis is so extensive, you have to hold them in your lap and steady their head / neck with one hand while holding food with the other.