The_Chicken_Dude
Chirping
I have a chicken with a twisted neck. She’s about 3.5 years old and otherwise healthy. I have another that looks identical and they were both hatched on the same day. The other one is perfectly healthy. She seems to be able to move her whole neck around, but not her head. She can’t get in and out of the coop, and she can barely drink. She walks around and sometimes falls down, other times she looks normal. She can’t bend over and instead has to crouch down to eat or drink. This has been going on now for about a week. I found her in the coop one night with her neck twisted and I thought she was dead until she moved. She was normal before that and has acted normal since, except for her neck. I’ve tried to figure out what it is, and I think it may be wry neck but it seems really severe. She’s getting bullied by the rest of the flock and I feel really bad for her. If anyone knows what this is, what could have caused it, or any cure I would be very grateful.