Wry neck...Treat or euthanize?? UPDATED with GREAT results!!

[AngryRWH]

My silkies are still wry. Neck. I just bought poly vi sol please someone tell me dosage. I want to try another month before culling them

 

[Fancychooklady]

My silkies are still wry. Neck. I just bought poly vi sol please someone tell me dosage. I want to try another month before culling them

Polivisol has no exact dosage because it's intended for humans . It's often only recommended because poultry vitamins usually need to be ordered in and there is always a chemist open. If you have an eye dropper , just a drop directly into the beak morning and night will get you started , but for the long term I would recommend sourcing a good poultry multi vitamin that contains thiamine B1 , vitamin E and selenium that can be added to the feed or water.
You might even try a baby bird formula that contains all of the above.
If you have multiples of birds with symptoms then you should look at their diet and perhaps supplement it on a regular basis. Botulism can also be the cause of wryneck symptoms so I'd be checking the environment that they live in too.

http://www.kaytee.com/products/exact-hand-feeding-baby-bird.php

 

[Chicken1961]

I am hoping to get folks input who have successfully or unsuccesfully treated birds with wry neck.  I just euthanize a juvenile silkie last week that had wry neck and today I have another one with it.  I've treated 2 others in the past, both unsuccessfully.


My gut reaction is to just go ahead and euthanize the juvenile that I found today, but before I do I wanted to see what others response has been.  I've read just about every internet article that there is and every treatment that folks have used.


I just want to know what your results have been.  I could make this a poll, I suppose????

See page 2 for update and treatment regimen

 

[Fancychooklady]

If you are having multiple cases, it's time for you to re asses your feeding regime. I have treated 2 x cases with complete rehabilitation in both birds, but that is over a few years ago. I now supplement the feed with Anitone , a good multi vitamin that is simply suited on the feed or added to the water.

 

[AngryRWH]

Let me make this clear, i do not feed soy or other feed not intended for ailkies they get ultrakibble and a diet special for silkie needs. The silkies with wry neck came from one breeder, wry neck showed up wthin one to three days of bringing home. I had in my bathroom qaurenteen, they all had severe coccidisis i treated w sulfa. Out of 12 chicks 4 got wry neck . Only two did not recover. I really do not see how my feeding can cause this after a day of ownership. Please do not harshly judge without knowing the facts

 

[AngryRWH]

I also learned from other silkie lovers who bought from this breeder there is a high sudden death rate on juvinile chicks. None of these buyers ever che ked for cocci or treated for parasites. Tue cixks not only had severe cocci but crawling with mites

 

[AngryRWH]

Update on the two wry neck silkies , i took them to a rescue that has recources to give all day care to them. Both are now starting on additional tube feeding and prednisol carefully monitored. I know many are opposed to this prednisol but at this point its thier only hope if recovery. I have since purchased from more breeders and have 60 plus silkies and not one more wry neck. I still qaurenteen and all have been healthy. Before i buy i now make sure what they feed the silkies and if it is. Soy ir natural feeds. Silkies shoukd never ever eat soy.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Let me make this clear, i do not feed soy or other feed not intended for ailkies they get ultrakibble and a diet special for silkie needs. The silkies with wry neck came from one breeder, wry neck showed up wthin one to three days of bringing home. I had in my bathroom qaurenteen, they all had severe coccidisis i treated w sulfa. Out of 12 chicks 4 got wry neck . Only two did not recover. I really do not see how my feeding can cause this after a day of ownership. Please do not harshly judge without knowing the facts

I'm not even sure what the reference to soy is, but wryneck is a result of thiamine deficiency and whether that is a result of incorrect diet in the ' parent stock ' or in the juveniles themselves is something you should investigating, rather than attacking people for offering advice.
Amprolium is often used to treat coccocidiosis and it is a thiamine analog or inhibitor, so it is always recommended that you supplement the diet after treatment.
Prevention is always better than cure.

 

[casportpony]

http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/Crookneck/Crookneck.html

 

[Fancychooklady]

http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/Crookneck/Crookneck.html

Kathy I've shared many a link from that site, but their ' theory ' on wryneck and its treatment has changed .

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/216/vitamin-bi-deficiency/