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He is a Frizzle he's about 3lbs the smallest in my flock, yes he has wattles I have never had any type of chicken or rooster this tiny. So CVS/walgreens type Vitamins? Thank you so much!How little are you talking? Is he a silkie?
Use a 400 IU vitamin E softgel once a day and then a vitamin B complex 1/4 to 1/2 a tablet daily. For wry neck I've done the vitamins twice daily for a few days and then cut back to once a day when they started improving.
If he has wattles will make it easier, if he doesn't it may take a bit more work to get the pills down him. Hold him under your left arm like a football, use your left hand to grab his wattles, pull down gently to open his beak and use your right hand to pop a pill into the back of his mouth, let him swallow that and repeat on the next one.
If he is eating well, you may be able to pop the vitamin E pill and put it on some mash for him (a little of his regular feed with some water added to make it soft) if he's able to eat it all by himself this will work, otherwise stick to the pill down the gullet method.