Is my roo sick or insane?

[LauraCatalano]

My adult roo makes this awful squawk and walks in circles with his head down f for what seems like long periods of time. Seems like he's lost weight too. I will post a video when I can. He's about 2-3 years old, barred rock. Thoughts?

 

[Lady of McCamley]

Yes, please post a video.

Is this sudden behavior? Does he walk backward or forward in circles?

Immediate thought is he has something stuck in his crop.

LofMc

 

[LauraCatalano]

Cannot get the video to upload. he walks forward with his head down, in circles squawking. No other birds in the coop seem to have the same problem. How do you deal with something stuck in his crop?

 

[aart]

Cannot get the video to upload

Needs to be uploaded to YouTube, or a similar platform, then paste a link here.

 

[LauraCatalano]

Needs to be uploaded to YouTube, or a similar platform, then paste a link https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bcwFy3XsxQE30GnCMHIVpz2g

 

[kcan2]

Wow, poor guy.
The video is embedded in the "reply" area, so I'm just re-pasting it here for more visibility:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bcwFy3XsxQE30GnCMHIVpz2g

Has anyone ever seen this before?

 

[LauraCatalano]

Wow, poor guy.
The video is embedded in the "reply" area, so I'm just re-pasting it here for more visibility:

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bcwFy3XsxQE30GnCMHIVpz2g

Has anyone ever seen this before?

Thank you

 

[aart]

Is he doing this constantly or.....?
How is his breathing otherwise?

 

[LauraCatalano]

He does not do it constantly, but he does it a lot. He still occasionally crows like normal. His breathing seems to be fine otherwise

 

[aart]

Does it happen after he gobbles food?