Wry neck(most probably) chick not eating

[Yologuy]

4 days old chick can't control his neck movement for around 5 hours. He drank a little water. There seemed to be some improvement a hour ago but when I forcefully fed it liquid food with a dropper, he fell down and now sleeping like a dead chick. How to feed him vit E and other necessary food? Also will vitamin B help improve the situation?

 

[CaradineCousins]

Be careful when feeding with dropper it’s very easy to aspirate it, give it some sugar water or molasses water to perk up. Make a very wet mash out of crumbles try vitamin b complex 1/4 a pill ground up in water or feed. If it is a vitamin deficiency then most likely it will need vitamin e (vitamin e needs selenium to make it work try scramble egg with a tiny bit of applesauce mixed in) vitamin b complex. If you have poultry cell or nutri drench they have the vitamins it needs.

hope the little one makes I’m sorry your going through this.

 

[CaradineCousins]

He's so sweet

 

[Yologuy]

He's so sweet

Yeah. They all are

 

[bluemtnwmn]

I'm so relieved to see your post on this thread and some good advice to boot!

 

[bluemtnwmn]

Also, I just read this thread, maybe some good info for your chickie also:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-herself-and-bleeding-need-support.1389579/

 

[Yologuy]

I'm so relieved to see your post on this thread and some good advice to boot!

I'm new here so posted on the first window I saw at first. Thanks to everyone for helping out. I would have culled the chick if I didn't heard of wry neck. Now I can at least give a try to save him . Thanks to the awesome people of this community

 

[CaradineCousins]

We put lots of love in our babies whether hatching under a broody, incubating shipped eggs, or buying from a feed store. It's up to us to make sure they have everything they need in their life. I have raised chickens for 5 years and this is the first time I've had a chick with Wry Neck, Splay leg, Curled Toes, Not Eating or Drinking and finding the best ways to euthanize chicks under a week old. This cite/forum is the best decision to join I have every made and the people who help us to help our flocks are Knowledgeable and Kind Hearted and Thank Them from the bottom of my heart....

 

[bluemtnwmn]

I'm new here so posted on the first window I saw at first. Thanks to everyone for helping out. I would have culled the chick if I didn't heard of wry neck. Now I can at least give a try to save him . Thanks to the awesome people of this community ❤

I see lots of posts in the Raising Baby Chicks thread for illness and injury. It's not a terrible thing unless they're not getting responses or don't get the help they really need. I had a chick with pasty butt/constipation issues so bad I was considering putting it down. Every time I google searched for ways to help I wound up on this site, that's why I joined! My chickie survived (after 2 enemas, smh) and is now 10 weeks old and going strong! I like to read other folks' posts because I get ideas for helping my chicks grow healthy and strong and sometimes I can help.
Good luck with your chickie.

 

[Yologuy]

4 days old chick can't control his neck movement for around 5 hours. He drank a little water. There seemed to be some improvement a hour ago but when I forcefully fed it liquid food with a dropper, he fell down and now sleeping like a dead chick. How to feed him vit E and other necessary food? Also will vitamin B help improve the situation?

He died taking two sips . Additionally another one died after eating and drinking a lot. He vomited the liquid and died within a couple of minutes