No Neck Visable

[Happychickens33]

I have a one year old hen who looks like she doesn’t have a neck. I have had her as chick and didn’t notice anything wrong. She acts ravenous-doesn’t stop eating, small stools. I have her in the hospital cage to relieve stress and to treat whatever she has. I pick her up and I only feel hard breast bone. Alice is very alert. Her comb is pale and wattle has some red. I just wormed everybody and sprayed the coops with Healthy Pen. I think she has been like this for awhile. She gets bullied but fights back. So far I have given her Rooster Booster, mealworms with her food. The rest of the flock are healthy. See pic. Is there anything I can do for Alice?

 

[nuthatched]

What's her crop feel like?

 

[swamphiker]

Chickens tend to shrink up their necks like that when they aren't feeling 100%, so you are doing well to take that as a sign to try and troubleshoot. Since she is low on the pecking order and skinny, perhaps adding a second feeder would help reduce competition for food once she is back out with the rest of the flock.

 

[Happychickens33]

What's her crop feel like?

She has a lot of feathers from molting and it seemed like her crop was full all the time. I felt over her breast but I just felt breast bone. I could try again I don’t know if she actually empties her crop.

 

[Happychickens33]

Chickens tend to shrink up their necks like that when they aren't feeling 100%, so you are doing well to take that as a sign to try and troubleshoot. Since she is low on the pecking order and skinny, perhaps adding a second feeder would help reduce competition for food once she is back out with the rest of the flock.

It is like she is hunched over all the time. She kinda does a squat to bend down to eat. I have several feeders out and I try to give her some separate food by herself. I don’t think it is wry neck. She has never laid an egg that I know of.

 

[Happychickens33]

She has a lot of feathers from molting and it seemed like her crop was full all the time. I felt over her breast but I just felt breast bone. I could try again I don’t know if she actually empties her crop.

She just eats all the time, so I don’t think it could impacted or sour crop. I think I would have felt it. Maybe a digestive issue. I appreciate you talking with me- I have had chickens for 3 years and I am still learning!