[joyfull]

fingers crossed that she keeps on the road to recovery.  xx

[Aunt Sally]

I gave it the wrong name originally Rom.

It's called Crookneck  there's  good explanations for it HERE and HERE

[too many girls]

i think parathyroid is the medical term for it, chook keepers have various names, crookneck, limber neck, seahorse syndrome, i think it's all the same thing, basically a brain injury, i still think you deserve 10/10 for finding it

[chickenlady]

Fingers crossed she continues to improve bless her!  and well done aunty!

Debbie

[Aunt Sally]

I think polands can suffer with it too because they have the same domed skull.

[too many girls]

yup Aunty, Polands and silkies are prone to it, Will told me, he also said he had himself had 2 birds with it, both appeared to be recovering, one then had a relapse and died, when the other relapsed he culled it, i think he was trying to tell me nicely not to have too much hope

on a good note though, Sam is as we speak building a new banty house for the silkies and polands to share, with a high roof, we are now paranoid that the e-bay banty house is not suitable for them as when they jump from the perch to the nest box there's a risk they could bang their heads on the sloping roof, i think he may have forgiven her for the Barbie prank

[Aunt Sally]

Perhaps you could make a little metal helmet to protect her brain Romney 

[too many girls]

Aunty, got a bit carried away with the incy and broody hens, we now have 8 pure white silkie chicks and 2 crossbreeds (they have the tell tale top not) including the polands and the Trotters, that's 19 with the potential for head bashing and brain damaging

[too many girls]

poorly chick has now recovered, she's not 100% as good as she was, but she's back

from this




to this

thanks for all the help and advice, especially foxy, Jay and Aunty.......

[kitkat]

Well, thats a relief, will she ever be 100%?

[Aunt Sally]

Well done TMG 

Brilliant to see her looking so well again 

[dizzylizzie]

oh im sooo pleased for you. well done youve done great with them x

[Foxy]

she is rather gorgeous, so glad she is improving!

[too many girls]

she's been in my room for 12 days now, she no longer thinks of herself as a chicken, but possibly a human or a cat, not really sure what i should do with her as i don't want to put her back with the others as they are now outside and she might get picked on, i know she can't stay in here forever....................

[Vi]

She could be a house chicken! They make nappies for chickens don't they?  How funny would that be? 

Vi