WRY NECK ? ** UPDATE** She did not make it. pg 2

[shay20]

Hello, ok i belive i have a chick with wry neck, this is my first with this promblem.
Poop is normal, eyes are clear , noise is clear no respitory promblems at all.
She eats and drinks normal.

She is about 4 to 5 months old now, i just changed her over from med chick starter to egg layer pellets 2 days ago, and i noticed this yesterday, she was fine before this. just started this yesterday.

Her neck goes to one side as if it is stiff, but she will move it almost upright to eat and drink, a few times she drinks with her head to the side.

sometimes when she looks at me it looks as if she is turning her head backwards.

I was giveing her a normal does of avc in her water along with all others. now she is by herself.

For a good home remedy what would be good?

 

[chickenchaser99]

you need to put something on its neck so it heals back together ill put a link to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torticollis

torticollis is the med name for wry neck

 

[shay20]

Thats excatly what she is doing. how do i make something for a small chicken? hmmm lots of resaerch tomorow, thank you for that link.

 

[shay20]

i added pics of my little girl.

 

[nature nut]

go to this topic www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=842&p=2 and look under post #16. You'll see a link to dlunicorn's site that you can click on. It brings you to the directions for treating wry neck (crookneck). Good luck! I just got a chick with the crookneck today and was trying to figure out what to do when I came across that page. It is the best I've found so far.

 

[NewHobbyForMe]

I just treated my 4 month old Buff Orphanington, vitamin B12, vitamin E, Poly Vi-Sol three times a day. I'm not sure that it took all the vitamins, but this was suggested and so I used this method. It took 3 weeks before she was back in the coop. I crushed the vit B12, opened vit E-400 iu and poured it on scrambled egg and or cooked oatmeal, dropped 4 drops of Poly Vi-Sol (without) iron on egg also. See my other posts on her progress. Best Wishes to you and your chicky.

 

[shay20]

Thanks you guys, now the vitemins are they the bottled ones at like a walmart for peaple?

 

[AHappychick]

crush up selenium pills and put in feed and some in water (make sure it eats some every day) and sqirt a capsul of vitamin e down throat twice a day in morning and night

If you do both of these vitamins for a week or a little more they should heal just fine.

 

[shay20]

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Now i switched her back onto med chick starter, i should leave her on taht right? and give hers scrambled eggs with yogurt.

 

[australorpchick]

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Yes and make sure the polyvisol is not the Iron one. I just had a silkie chick with this. I gave her three drops of polyvisol once a day. I found it easier to mix a capsule of vit. E and a few drops of polyvisol with yogurt and chick crumbles and spoon fed it to her. Within a few days her head was no longer upside down.