wry neck

  1. H

    Using Rooster Booster for Chick with Wry Neck

    Hello all, I have a chick, just about four days old, who appears to have a wry neck. Although its condition is opposite the normal description of wry neck (i.e., stargazing) because it's head/neck bends down. It often tucks its head under its body, starts walking backward and then flips over...
  2. H

    help me diagnose my chick. thinking wry neck.

    For a little over 24 hours I have been treating my 3 week old silkie chick for what I THINK is wry neck. Through observing her today though I am starting to wonder if its something else. Her symptoms include: *neck hanging between legs (but she has good moments were she can hold herself up...
  3. Canine and Co

    Crooked / Wry Neck

    Hi all, about 7 weeks ago, one of my hens was attacked by dogs. Her external injuries healed really well and after a couple of weeks I put her back in the flock, but a day or two later I noticed she developed a crooked neck (I presume from her injuries during hte attack). I've been treating...
  4. CLovesDucks

    The Mallards HATCHED! Question about ‘wry neck’

    Hi BYC friends! 4 of my 9 duck eggs (mallards - runners are in progress) have hatched! I left them in the incubator for 24 hours and then put them in the brooder. Three of them are doing great and are cheeping and sitting upright. I have one, who is secretly my favorite, that can’t hold her...
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  5. F

    Wry neck treatment

    i have a Silkie hen that seems to have wry neck. Research says to give Vit E and Selenium. I am having trouble working out the dose. The tablets I have are Vit E 12mg with Selenium 55mcg. Does anyone know how many I need to add to 1kg food? Thanks
  6. shelbylewis

    Wry Neck or Newcastle Disease? What are the differences?

    They both seem very similar to me and I have been treating my 5 day old baby chick for wry neck. Her neck is not twisted backwards like most cases I have seen, but she walks backwards, loses balances, and her head spins in a circle. She is still eating and drinking on her own and I am giving her...
  7. N

    Chicken tilting head all the way back and rolling it side to side, loss of balance

    Hello all, My parents have a backyard chicken coop with 8 chickens. 3 days ago, I noticed one speckled sussex not in the henhouse with the others. I picked her up and placed her on her stick with the other chickens in her normal spot, because the weather at night has been between 10 and 20...
  8. Helen_Jayne

    Wry Neck Success

    Hi, I thought I would post this for information for anyone else dealing with wry neck. I have a 5 week old silkie which I noticed for a few days was sitting crouched low but I thought maybe it was just because she had reduced sight due to the beard which had just come. Then she suddenly was...
  9. Helen_Jayne

    Sheffield, UK

    Hi everyone, This is a great resource. I'm in Sheffield, northern England and I have 3 silkies, all still about 5 weeks now. Unfortunately one of them (Alex) recently came down with wry neck but is making a good recovery (I'll probably share more on that soon). I had chickens when I was a kid...
  10. Emavalos

    Wry neck brought on by injury?

    Hello everyone. My 18 month old hens were attacked by raccoons 6 days ago. One didn’t make it, and the other was left with many injuries. She’s got a big gash in her breast, her on one side is torn, and another on her hind end near her vent. She’s been recovering with lots of TLC for her wounds...
  11. lmyers

    Wry Neck "cured" in one day - but won't eat or drink today - help ?!

    Hi All, Flock of 6 hens: 2x 2year old Wyandottes, 2x 18 week old Sussex, 2x 16 week old Legbar/Blue Ameraucana cross (don't ask, re-home emergency). Have been slowly incorporating the three groups of birds into one larger coop with the last group isolated for a month. Two weeks ago: Isolation...
  12. Raptorchick

    Confused... hatchling wry neck?

    Hi all... I'm on day 21 of incubating a mixed batch of chicken eggs, 4 remaining to hatch of 15 when this happened... I noticed at about 4 hours after a barbezieux egg pipped and zipped, she just stopped. I could see her moving, she was cheeping loudly like something was wrong. I was afraid of...
  13. NorthernChick1

    Wry Neck Silkie?

    I have a 2-1/2 month old silkie and i've started to notice when she jumps or starts moving after she was still she twitches and dips her head often, also when i pick her up her head twists 180 degrees. When i put her down her head goes back straight but then dips it a bit then shes back to...
  14. MRS McKlucky

    Wry neck and not a big busted bird.

    My hen Nugget had been looking strange to me. I thought she was becoming heavy breastfed, ignorant I know but I'm a fledgling and still finding my feet as far as chicken keeping goes. I decided I wasn't happy with how she looked and started researching and came across wry neck! She was becoming...
  15. Newchickymama37

    What is wry neck, what causes it and is it contagious?

    Yesterday I found my only EE in the coup with her neck twisted and her head upside down and when she tried to move it it would just flop around. She couldn’t keep her balance to stand and she looked so pitiful I had to cull her. She was fine the day before and she even laid an egg yesterday (I...
  16. Salamander1914

    Sick Chick

    We recently hatched two buff orpington chicks. One we called Kelloggs and the other Cornflake (apologies for the terrible names) Kelloggs sadly died due to the fact he ate something too big for him and it got stuck in his throat. We couldn't get it out in time. The other one has been fine up...
  17. F

    5 month old silkie with wry neck

    Hello! I have a 5 month old silkie with what I think is wry neck. She (or he) is in a pen with about 15 others of same age with pine shavings for bedding. I first noticed she was tilting her head a little, the next day tilted to the side most of the time. I did research that night, thought it...
  18. Pugerpillar

    How do I massage my chickens wry neck?

    I have a chicken with wry neck and no vitamins seem to make a dent in it. I need some information on what other types of diseases she could have and how I can treat them. I also need tips on how to massage her neck.
  19. SkyBlueEmu

    Wry neck gosling

    I have a 7 week old gosling with a wry neck. He is also smaller than my other goslings and has trouble with walking and balance. He's had the wry neck since he was 4 weeks ( which is when I started to treat him a mix of various vitamins like E, B1, and niacin) but it hasn't improved. I think it...
  20. LavaDerpy

    My baby chick has Wry neck, Spraddle legs, and weak feet, any help?

    So my hen had 10 baby chicks last Friday, but one of them has, and Spraddle legs. I've been able to help it with adding vitamin E to its water and adding braces to its legs to correct its stance. But I've needed to force feed it the vitamins and food for the past 3 days, because now its legs...
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