Is my chickens neck broken?

I don’t think this is Newcastles, but wry neck and possibly fowl pox. I would get her eating and drinking right away. If you should lose her, then send or take her body off to your state vet lab for a necropsy and you would then get a diagnosis. A body should be wrapped in plastic bags and kept in a cooler on ice (do not freeze) and taken to the state lab asap. Here is a list of state vets to contact if she dies:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry...L5h4Xt137GBu32pWJZSRUY5DYhQyVrd4ODmF-Ab8otocc

Upon a second look I do agree with it possibly being fowl pox with how the face looks. The reason why I said Newcastles is the combination with the sudden neck issues and the two poop photos attached. Particularly the second one as poops like that are symptoms of new castle.
 
Is the first picture of her looking up typical? Wry neck is a neurological condition that can cause the neck to twist to one side, upward, or downward. Wry neck can be caused by a head or neck injury, a vitamin E or thiamine deficiency, and is seen in a few viruses, such as Mareks, Newcastles, or bird flu. Usually it is a head injury or vitamin deficiency though. Treatment is giving human vitamin E 400 IU and 1/4-1/2 tablet of super B complex given orally, both found in the vitamin aisle of Walmart or other store.

What is the scabbing and bumps on her face head, and eyelids? Is that pecking, or could it be fowl pox, a virus carried by mosquitoes? Her dropping looks like she is not eating well at all because of the dark green. I would hold some mushy wet chicken feed up to her beak several times a day to let her eat. Tube feeding or torpedo feeding could be done if she won’t eat. The vitamins and getting her eating and drinking may help. Where dopid the birds come from? I would keep them quarantined away from your other chickens for 30 days.
The scabbing are from fights. Like, I mentioned, she is one of the new hens that I've got but I have them isolated from my flock in a playpen. My hens have fought with the new ones since the playpen has holes but didn't think it would be a huge issue. She has fought a couple times, maybe 3 times (minor fights) with the flock so that is how she got the scabs on her face. I believe those fights have caused her to be in this terrible condition.
 

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