Wyandotte chick < a week old, can't stand, head rolls aroumd, gets stuck on her back

HeidiGretchen

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May 28, 2022
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We picked up some chicks yesterday, and as soon as we got them in the brooder we noticed 1 had pasty butt. I cleaned gently, and it looked like her vent was protruding so we kept checking her and the others. At one point, we found her soaked and on her back. She'd fallen into the little waterer. Took a while, but got her warm and dry and back in the broader. I hadn't seen her eat or drink, so I dipped her beaks into the water a few times and she did drink. Sat her by the feeder, nothing. She started running around, which I thought was a good sign, until.I realized she was running into everything - other chicks, feeder, waterer, walls... She settled and laid down..
Today she has managed to get stuck on her back multiple times. She cannot stand. She acts as though she can't see. She's noticeably smaller than the other 3 wyandotte chicks same age. I have dipped her beaks into the water and also into egg yolks, which she did eat some of. I have ACV in the water. No sign of pasty butt and her vent looks totally normal.
What am I missing? I don't know if she's blind, weak, sick... her legs look okay, but even when she could stand she was wobbly.
I'm doubting she'll survive, but I want to try.
 

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She has died. But if there is more I should have done, please let me know. We've been raising chickens for a little over 3 years and I've never had a chick die within 24 hours.
 
She has died. But if there is more I should have done, please let me know. We've been raising chickens for a little over 3 years and I've never had a chick die within 24 hours.
its called wryneck its pretty much impossible to treat there's not much you can do other then give them extra nutrients
 
She has died. But if there is more I should have done, please let me know. We've been raising chickens for a little over 3 years and I've never had a chick die within 24 hours.
I have and I’ve raised 100s of chicks. Shipping is so hard on them!( they ship them from pretty far to your store in this heat :/ ) If more die consider treating with small small doses of corrid . I’m so sorry for your loss.



As for other comment - I’ve had many live with wry neck using goat selinium and vitamin e but
they never got this far - the pasty butt is likely an Indicator that something in shipping temp wise wasn’t good - or failure to thrive
 

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