Help! What is wrong with my chickens neck!?!

[Cstephens248]

I don’t know what is wrong with this hen! She’s been like this for awhile, her crop is not full or hard. But her neck is protruding way out like a “S” causing her head to be way back. She does not forage and eat like the others. She does seem off balance sometimes. I don’t have a chicken vet but want to help her.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

I'm thinking she has Wry Neck. Here is an article that might be helpful: https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.c... a vitamin,twist will make movement difficult.

@Wyorp Rock might be able to help you as well.

 

[Cstephens248]

I'm thinking she has Wry Neck. Here is an article that might be helpful: https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wry-neck-in-chickens/#:~:text=You can use a vitamin,twist will make movement difficult.

@Wyorp Rock might be able to help you as well.

It’s not twisted or anything, it’s just a giant S shaped in the front. She doesn’t stargaze or nothing. I really don’t think it is Wry neck. I don’t know though.

 

[Eggcessive]

Wry neck is a twisted neck or torticoils, where the neck can be twisted to one side, upward, downward, or in an S. It is a neurological symptom, sometimes from a vitamin E or B1 thiamine deficiency, a head or neck injury, or is sometimes seen in certain diseases affecting the brain. I would give her vitamin E and some chopped scrambled egg for a couple of weeks. Thiamine is good also, and found in human B complex.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you get a photo of her from the front?

Is the S shape her vertebrae (bones) or is a protrusion or swelling, puffy like air ?

 

[Aunt Angus]

Can you get a photo of her from the front?

Is the S shape her vertebrae (bones) or is a protrusion or swelling, puffy like air ?

This is what I thought. It almost looks like swelling, but it's not easy to tell from a pic.

 

[Eggcessive]

Is her crop enlarged, firm, doughy, or puffy? Sometimes when the crop is enlarged, it can make the neck look crooked. The crop early innthe morning, should be empty and flat, and gradually fill up during the day as she eats and drinks.

 

[Cstephens248]

Can you get a photo of her from the front?

Is the S shape her vertebrae (bones) or is a protrusion or swelling, puffy like air ?

It is her vertebrae/bones. No swelling

 

[Cstephens248]

Is her crop enlarged, firm, doughy, or puffy? Sometimes when the crop is enlarged, it can make the neck look crooked. The crop early innthe morning, should be empty and flat, and gradually fill up during the day as she eats and drinks.

No swelling, her crop is not full at all.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I guess it might be wry neck then. I've not seen it like this before.