Is this wry neck? Or something more serious?

[itslifesaidshe]

https://imgur.com/a/7tFkdI6

This 4 year old hen has been broody since June, and I have not been able to break her of it. Was closing up the coop tonight and found her like this. I figured maybe a vitamin deficiency? She's one of my original girls and I really want to make sure she's ok!

 

[nuthatched]

400i.u vitamin E capsule and about a third of a B complex tablet every day for a few weeks. You can get these at the grocery store, just pull down on the wattle and pop it into her beak.
What's their diet?

 

[itslifesaidshe]

400i.u vitamin E capsule and about a third of a B complex tablet every day for a few weeks. You can get these at the grocery store, just pull down on the wattle and pop it into her beak.
What's their diet?

She gets layer crumble and treats (fresh fruit or veggies) a couple times a week.

 

[itslifesaidshe]

400i.u vitamin E capsule and about a third of a B complex tablet every day for a few weeks. You can get these at the grocery store, just pull down on the wattle and pop it into her beak.
What's their diet?

Would you keep her separated or should I put her back with the flock? I don’t want to cause her any unnecessary stress, but I wasn’t sure if it was wry neck or something contagious.

 

[nuthatched]

Would you keep her separated or should I put her back with the flock? I don’t want to cause her any unnecessary stress, but I wasn’t sure if it was wry neck or something contagious.

It's likely just wry neck, no need to seperate

 

[Perris]

I think @Shadrach might have some useful advice for you; he's seen this sort of thing before in association with a spell of broodiness. Hopefully he'll be along later (it's very early here).

 

[coach723]

I personally would keep her crated until she's showing improvement. There is the chance that flock mates could attack her since she is not acting normally. I would give her the 400 iu of vitamin E, a bit of cooked egg, canned tuna, or sunflower seeds for some selenium, that will help with the uptake of the E, and a whole B complex or super B complex daily. Sometimes broodies get deficient if they don't eat well.
You can break her of broodiness, and should if she's not going to raise chicks, to help prevent this. Use a broody breaker crate, a wire crate, raised up on blocks or boards so air circulates all around, no bedding or nesting material of any kind. They stay there until they are no longer broody. If you let her out and she goes right back to sitting, then back in the crate for longer. Sometimes it works in a day or two, sometimes it may take longer. I had a stubborn one that it would take almost a week. Examples below,