Wry neck?

[Miss Lydia]

Has she been out foraging she may have picked up something toxic or maybe a piece of metal? she is such a pretty duck hope you can figure out what's going on.

 

[Ratchnick]

If it is a b1 deficiency, a dose of thiamine should correct it quickly. Do you have any injectable B complex?

Yes i have some left

 

[casportpony]

Are you weighing your duck daily?

 

[Ratchnick]

The picture you provided would indicate the bird does NOT have Wry neck, so unless she has started to stargaze, hard time balancing, or is showing lameness of the muscles, I wouldn't treat. If she is, you would treat her with a combination of thiamine and vitamin E. For the thiamine you would give the B complex durvet injectable, 1ml a day. For vitamin E, you would give her one 400iu soft gel capsule once a day.

Has she eaten/drank any more feed/water? Your bird looks ill to me, I would be surprised if this was a solely nutritional related problem.

Yes she eats and drinks Ok. From my reading it seems there are two types of what people are calling wry neck. One the head goes sideways or backwards (stargazing) in the other it starts like my photo and ends up not being able to lift its head which dangles down by its chest. I don't know if this version is called something else but ppl seem to treat it the same.

 

[Ratchnick]

Are you weighing your duck daily?

I will start this morning before breakfast. Good idea to make sure she eats and drinks enough.

 

[Ratchnick]

Has she been out foraging she may have picked up something toxic or maybe a piece of metal? she is such a pretty duck hope you can figure out what's going on.

Some of the other ducks got bumble so i put a bunch of what my local place calls "traction sand" down in their run to keep them cleaner. It seems to work well, i hose it off daily it stays clean and with treatments the bumble is almost gone. You can imagine my dismay when i found a small ball of lead strip in their run the other day. Long story short yes its possible.

 

[Isaac 0]

Yes she eats and drinks Ok. From my reading it seems there are two types of what people are calling wry neck. One the head goes sideways or backwards (stargazing) in the other it starts like my photo and ends up not being able to lift its head which dangles down by its chest. I don't know if this version is called something else but ppl seem to treat it the same.

A deficiency in thiamine can cause paralysis of the anterior neck muscles causing the bird to retract its head in. No other symptoms as of yet?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hopefully the b complex will take care of it. Under our wood shed where the chickens like to hang out an dust bathe I have to constantly take the magnet over it to pick up old screws and staples from no telling when. Maybe that would be a good idea on the sand..

 

[Ratchnick]

A deficiency in thiamine can cause paralysis of the anterior neck muscles causing the bird to retract its head in. No other symptoms as of yet?

None yet, I'm going to do 1 ml a day b complex. So should i hold off on the E and selenium for now?

 

[casportpony]

None yet, I'm going to do 1 ml a day b complex. So should i hold off on the E and selenium for now?

You can give e too, that's safe but I worry about giving selenium because it can be toxic.