Wry Neck, Not Standing, Worms

[mikeychickens]

Hello,

A week ago I found one of my chickens with its head backwards. I read up on the issue and it seems that she has wry's.

We started to feed Vitamin E, vitamins, pedialyte for electrolytes, and also have been syringe feeding chicken food to her. She still chews and swallows with no issues.

Two days ago, she stopped standing, and now only lays on her side. She will sometimes try to stand and then stay on her side after failing, and yesterday during feeding she flapped her wings wildly.

We had planned to feed her and continue the vitamin treatment, as most information we have found states that patience and feeding are the main things.

My questions:

1. Today, though, we found worms in the poop! I have not been able to find any information on wrys + worms. Could these be unrelated problems, or are they most likely linked?

2. Also, I suspect that the wry's may have been caused by injury, since this is an adult hen. Can wrys from injury be cured with vitamins, or is this a waste of time?

3. At what point should I consider euthanasia?

Thanks!

 

[Eggcessive]

The worms are the least of her problems right now. I am afraid that she might possibly have Mareks disease. Wry neck is a symptom of many things—a head injury, a vitamin E or B1 thiamine deficiency, and can be hereditary. But it is also a symptom seen in certain diseases such as Mareks disease and some other respiratory viruses and serious diseases. May we ask what state you are located in? Is she alert and still able to eat and swallow?

Worms can be treated with fenbendazole (SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer) 1/4 ml per pound given 5 days in a row. Or with Valbazen 0.08 ml per pound given once and again in 10 days.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here are some articles to read about the symptoms of Mareks:
https://extension.psu.edu/mareks-disease-in-chickens

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

 

[SergioDPereira1]

Hello,

A week ago I found one of my chickens with its head backwards. I read up on the issue and it seems that she has wry's.

We started to feed Vitamin E, vitamins, pedialyte for electrolytes, and also have been syringe feeding chicken food to her. She still chews and swallows with no issues.

Two days ago, she stopped standing, and now only lays on her side. She will sometimes try to stand and then stay on her side after failing, and yesterday during feeding she flapped her wings wildly.

We had planned to feed her and continue the vitamin treatment, as most information we have found states that patience and feeding are the main things.

My questions:

1. Today, though, we found worms in the poop! I have not been able to find any information on wrys + worms. Could these be unrelated problems, or are they most likely linked?

2. Also, I suspect that the wry's may have been caused by injury, since this is an adult hen. Can wrys from injury be cured with vitamins, or is this a waste of time?

3. At what point should I consider euthanasia?

Thanks!

I just had a hen die. She had parasites and no matter what I tried I couldn’t get ahead of them. In time she stopped eating and drinking. Lastly her neck went wry. I had to put her down. I have never had a chicken recover from wry.