Is it inhumane to keep wry neck chick alive

[mikahakkinen]

Today I noticed one of my 4-week-old broiler chicks had a wry neck. He didn’t seem to eat or drink until I checked a couple hours later after the discovery. I hand-fed and hand-drank him and he immediately seemed a little better. I watched him go to the feeders and feed. His neck will go limp and he will walk backwards and all that stuff, but then it will perk back up, head tilted oddly, and he’ll walk around and eat, and then it’ll go limp again.

Is it inhumane to keep him alive? Is he in pain? After feeding him and stuff, he did chirp a few times. If I can keep him fed and stuff, is it ok to keep him alive? We will be processing our broilers once they are of age, but we will keep one or two to remain in the flock when we get laying hens. Also I have no idea how he got wry neck

 

[Eggcessive]

Wry neck can be common in chicks, especially if they or their parents had a vitamin E or B1 thiamine deficiency. Giving them human vitamin W 400 IU and 1/4 tablet of B Complex daily may help. It is okay to treat them.

 

[Corinnethechickenlady]

Today I noticed one of my 4-week-old broiler chicks had a wry neck. He didn’t seem to eat or drink until I checked a couple hours later after the discovery. I hand-fed and hand-drank him and he immediately seemed a little better. I watched him go to the feeders and feed. His neck will go limp and he will walk backwards and all that stuff, but then it will perk back up, head tilted oddly, and he’ll walk around and eat, and then it’ll go limp again.

Is it inhumane to keep him alive? Is he in pain? After feeding him and stuff, he did chirp a few times. If I can keep him fed and stuff, is it ok to keep him alive? We will be processing our broilers once they are of age, but we will keep one or two to remain in the flock when we get laying hens. Also I have no idea how he got wry neck

In my opinion it depends on the serverity. Seperate from flock incase it is mareks

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Today I noticed one of my 4-week-old broiler chicks had a wry neck. He didn’t seem to eat or drink until I checked a couple hours later after the discovery. I hand-fed and hand-drank him and he immediately seemed a little better. I watched him go to the feeders and feed. His neck will go limp and he will walk backwards and all that stuff, but then it will perk back up, head tilted oddly, and he’ll walk around and eat, and then it’ll go limp again.

Is it inhumane to keep him alive? Is he in pain? After feeding him and stuff, he did chirp a few times. If I can keep him fed and stuff, is it ok to keep him alive? We will be processing our broilers once they are of age, but we will keep one or two to remain in the flock when we get laying hens. Also I have no idea how he got wry neck

I think I'd try treating him before giving up on him.
Give him the Vitamin therapy as suggested in Post#2. See that he's eating/drinking o.k.

I agree, it's o.k. to treat him. If he doesn't improve, then you can put him down. If he does, then grow him out to processing age.

Wry Neck is a neurological symptom, there's a few common causes, could be from head/neck injury, vitamin deficiency or disease like Marek's. Since he's only 4 weeks old, it's highly unlikely due to Marek's disease.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

If it were Marek's, it's too late to separate, all the other birds have already been exposed.

 

[sniper338]

I don't try to save any. Natural selection. I want strong healthy lines , not spread inferior traits.

 

[mikahakkinen]

I don't try to save any. Natural selection. I want strong healthy lines , not spread inferior traits.

Very late reply but they are broilers so they are not being bred… And I think there was a bit of an overreaction because the chicken did not have problems and its wry neck has gone away on its own with no vitamins or changes in anything…