*First time chicken owner*
Yesterday, I went to check on the flock since I only seen 2/3 chickens in the run, I found one chicken in the coop with her neck limp. She’s an 11 week old buff orpington. She was completely fine the night before idk if she injured herself or if one of the other chickens jumped on her or something. I took her inside and helped her eat and drink. She was trying to eat by herself, could walk around slightly, and she seemed to be trying to lift her neck. I gave her nutri-drench and let her sleep. She’s still pooping, it’s a little watery (still solid) and more white than usual. Today, she isn’t walking (she occasionally tries to stand but just lays back down), isn’t trying to move her neck and isn’t trying to eat. I tube fed her and she drank some water when I held it to her beak. I gave her more nutri-drench and put sav-a-chick in her water. I made a “neck brace” out of a toilet paper tube. Is there anything else I should do? What could be wrong with her? I looked up symptoms and wry neck and Marek’s disease popped up. I got her at 8 weeks so idk if she’s had a Marek’s vaccine. Can Marek’s make a healthy looking chicken’s neck go limp overnight? Everything about wry neck I look up makes it seem like the chickens neck is twisting hers is just limp. I went ahead and put nutri-drench in the water for the other chickens just in case it is something other than an injury, so far they’re acting normal.
Yesterday, I went to check on the flock since I only seen 2/3 chickens in the run, I found one chicken in the coop with her neck limp. She’s an 11 week old buff orpington. She was completely fine the night before idk if she injured herself or if one of the other chickens jumped on her or something. I took her inside and helped her eat and drink. She was trying to eat by herself, could walk around slightly, and she seemed to be trying to lift her neck. I gave her nutri-drench and let her sleep. She’s still pooping, it’s a little watery (still solid) and more white than usual. Today, she isn’t walking (she occasionally tries to stand but just lays back down), isn’t trying to move her neck and isn’t trying to eat. I tube fed her and she drank some water when I held it to her beak. I gave her more nutri-drench and put sav-a-chick in her water. I made a “neck brace” out of a toilet paper tube. Is there anything else I should do? What could be wrong with her? I looked up symptoms and wry neck and Marek’s disease popped up. I got her at 8 weeks so idk if she’s had a Marek’s vaccine. Can Marek’s make a healthy looking chicken’s neck go limp overnight? Everything about wry neck I look up makes it seem like the chickens neck is twisting hers is just limp. I went ahead and put nutri-drench in the water for the other chickens just in case it is something other than an injury, so far they’re acting normal.
