[feelingbroody]

Hi all - my silkie hen is approx 12 weeks and seemed in good health apart from she seemed strange / not like a normal chick - if you could say a chick had maybe a tile short she had it but I couldn't put my finger on what is was -
Today she got up as normal and did a face plant in the bed and looked like she'd had a stroke !
I put her back to bed and she's picked up during the day but not eaten or drank anything
She's standing ok - shows no form of paralysis / but she doesn't move about - she's stretching her wing and legs as normal
She has had coecal type poos always and has never been normal
I hatched her from an egg so I know her history and she's in a flock of 8 4 all vaccinated the other four all hatched together

Any thoughts would be gratefully recieved
I'm thinking see how she is in the morning and then review options

[Aunt Sally]

Silkies are prone to brain problems as part of their brain is exposed by their vaulted skull.

http://chickenjunkie.com/chicken-breeds/silkie-chicken/vaulted-skulls/vaulted-skulls-in-silkies/

There's not much you can do other than keep them safe and see if they recover.

[feelingbroody]

Thank you as always aunt Sally I'll have a look

[feelingbroody]

Well she is upright and still refuses water and food - how long can a chick go on without water ? 😒😒

[Sassy]

You could try gently dribbling some water into her beak using a pipette or syringe.

[feelingbroody]

I've done that but she's catatonic it felt cruel to give her the water she didn't want to take it - I'm trying to give her best chance before I take her to be pts

[Aunt Sally]

I don't think the outlook is good