Rolling over!

[Lebazilovesilky]

One of my silky chicken was acting strange since yesterday, we got her inside and I noticed that she keeps her head down and twitching ... Her symptoms sounded like she was dehydrated but I stayed awake all night long feeding her and giving her water. This morning she looks a little better but because she keeps her head and neck down she rolls over I don't know if I should just continue to feed and hydrate her and give her some time.... Plz help
P. S( I'm only 18 and my mother doesn't want to take her to a vet because they are really expensive)

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi, welcome to BYC!

Sorry your hen is unwell. Aside from vets being pricey, we very often don't get answers.

Clues to try and help... How old is your hen? What do you feed including treats and supplements regularly? How many birds total in how much space? Any recent additions? How long have you had her? Can you post a short video using you tube or vimeo? How do her droppings look? How long has she been like this? Is her crop empty in the morning?

She will not starve, though dehydration is deadly. Since you stayed up all night feeding you may not be able to detect crop issues. At they end of today when you have sufficiently hydrated her... can you leave her be and check her crop in the morning? We need to be sure it is functioning (emptying) correctly.

 

[Lebazilovesilky]

sorry i didnt answer more early.... its been about a month or so she is four weeks or older i dont know what kind of food it is but we bought it from the guy who sold the chicks, we also give them cracked egg shells and they eat what they find on the ground. i have two silky chicks and five normal ones. the silky and the other chickens have there own pens because the silkies were too small. i sent a video and picturesto someone else called casportpony on this website she has been like this since yesterday she has had more cecal poops than normal poop
thank you for replying to me

 

[Lebazilovesilky]

sorry i didnt answer more early.... its been about a month or so she is four weeks or older i dont know what kind of food it is but we bought it from the guy who sold the chicks, we also give them cracked egg shells and they eat what they find on the ground. i have two silky chicks and five normal ones. the silky and the other chickens have there own pens because the silkies were too small. i sent a video and picturesto someone else called casportpony on this website she has been like this since yesterday she has had more cecal poops than normal poop
thank you for replying to me

she will sometimes eat but she will not take any water...she drank a lot yesterday but she barely drank anything today.

 

[Eggcessive]

She sounds like she is having wry neck symptoms, which is a neurological condition chickens can get from causes, such as head injury, vitamin E or B1(thiamine) deficiency, heredity, and certain diseases including Mareks disease and respiratory diseases. I would help her eat and drink, give her a poultry vitamin and add some cooked egg to her diet, for selenium which helps in utilization of vitamin E. Adding a lot of water to a small bowl of her feed with a little egg may get more fluids into her. This condition may last days or weeks, and can recur later. Check the date of your feed, since old feed may lose vitamin potency.

 

[Lebazilovesilky]

She sounds like she is having wry neck symptoms, which is a neurological condition chickens can get from causes, such as head injury, vitamin E or B1(thiamine) deficiency, heredity, and certain diseases including Mareks disease and respiratory diseases. I would help her eat and drink, give her a poultry vitamin and add some cooked egg to her diet, for selenium which helps in utilization of vitamin E. Adding a lot of water to a small bowl of her feed with a little egg may get more fluids into her. This condition may last days or weeks, and can recur later. Check the date of your feed, since old feed may lose vitamin potency.

Is it possible that she dies from this?