Is my chickens neck broken?

[Amazing_chicks27]

I got these new chickens and so I have them isolated from my flock in a playpen and top is covered to protect them from the sun and rain. Anywho, some of my chickens would come up to them and fight with the new ones. One of them would do most of the fighting. I am guessing that during the day my chickens and that new chicken would fight. She was doing good up until a few days ago (don't remember when). She would just stand there hunched at the conner. She doesn't have a single drop of blood or anything really physical except that her neck looks funny. My guess is that she fought with one of my chickens from the flock through the holes the play pen has and injured her neck. I will leave some pics. I was giving her some electrolytes yesterday and I noticed that here head would kind of twitch a little her as well. She doesn't move her neck as much either she can't even peck anymore. She doesn't eat or drink. What do you guys think it is? I am new to chickens, I don't know what I am doing wrong, because once they get sick, they always end up dying. I never really get to know the cause of the death. Does anyone have a clue?

 

[nuthatched]

She has wry neck.
Give her 1/3 of a B complex tablet every day for a few weeks, any brand from the grocery store

 

[FarmerGirl101]

This looks like Newcastle Disease particularly with the photos of the poop you sent. One of my hens had this and she had her neck fully paralyzed and extended out. She ended up having very liquid, green poop. First things first would be to isolate her.

 

[Amazing_chicks27]

This looks like Newcastle Disease particularly with the photos of the poop you sent. One of my hens had this and she had her neck fully paralyzed and extended out. She ended up having very liquid, green poop. First things first would be to isolate her.

Oh dear, I tried to give her food and I think she was trying to peck on it but couldn't. He head a beak would a little go up and down It's like if she can nearly move her neck. I have her isolated.

EDIT: Wait, but she isn't even sneezing, or having difficulty breathing?

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Oh dear, I tried to give her food and I think she was trying to peck on it but couldn't. He head a beak would a little go up and down It's like if she can nearly move her neck. I have her isolated.

Aside from antibiotics there are no treatment options for Newcastle disease. You need to separate her as well as any other chickens that might catch it as well. Isolation can help it from spreading.

I have been able to successfully treat my chicken with neck paralysis and Newcastle disease. Her neck was paralyzed for a day before she was getting back to normal but she was isolated for a few days.

Right now it is all about supportive care. Let her eat food (crumbles is the easiest for her to eat as well as pellets broken down into smaller pieces or even just scrambled egg). You need to also give her water via syringe as she likely isn't stable enough to drink it herself. Add electrolytes to the water. She also needs liquid vitamins. I recommend poultry cell for this but nutridrench also works. It will take a lot of energy to fight this off but it is possible. She needs this done every hour at first.

I wish you all the best and keep us updated. It's gonna be a lot of work at first but you can overcome this.

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Aside from antibiotics there are no treatment options for Newcastle disease. You need to separate her as well as any other chickens that might catch it as well. Isolation can help it from spreading.

To expand on this, if they have not been integrated yet then do wait to do so. Isolate any chicken who begins to show signs of sickness. This is likely obvious but if multiple chickens need to be isolated after showing symptoms, don't keep them together.

 

[Eggcessive]

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. Do you have a lot of mosquitoes now? 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.

 

[Amazing_chicks27]

Aside from antibiotics there are no treatment options for Newcastle disease. You need to separate her as well as any other chickens that might catch it as well. Isolation can help it from spreading.

I have been able to successfully treat my chicken with neck paralysis and Newcastle disease. Her neck was paralyzed for a day before she was getting back to normal but she was isolated for a few days.

Right now it is all about supportive care. Let her eat food (crumbles is the easiest for her to eat as well as pellets broken down into smaller pieces or even just scrambled egg). You need to also give her water via syringe as she likely isn't stable enough to drink it herself. Add electrolytes to the water. She also needs liquid vitamins. I recommend poultry cell for this but nutridrench also works. It will take a lot of energy to fight this off but it is possible. She needs this done every hour at first.

I wish you all the best and keep us updated. It's gonna be a lot of work at first but you can overcome this.

Okay, Thanks for letting me know. Every time my chickens get sick, it is a huge battle Thank you, I appreciate it

 

[FarmerGirl101]

EDIT: Wait, but she isn't even sneezing, or having difficulty breathing?

I don't believe mine did either but she did have the paralysis symptoms and the green liquid diarrhea. Look, it could be something other than Newcastle disease but I would say it is NCD. Either way the treatment plan is the same.

 

[Eggcessive]

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