Rooster Losing Balance

[TinaMarieofFL]

Cheeto is a 1 1/2 year old bantam mutt rooster. I've been away from my chickens for a little under a week, and when I came back yesterday night, he and the rest of the flock had bulging crops. I'm assuming they haven't been getting enough food for a day or two and filled up their crops yesterday morning. All of them except him and his sister are fine today. His sister has a bit of an impacted crop, but is acting completely normal, and I can easily treat it. Cheeto, however, is walking with his neck hunched in, stumbling, and occasionally falling and sitting on the ground for a bit. I've put him in a separate pen from his flock (three bantam cockerels, a bantam pullet, and three bantam hens) with his sister to keep him company. He got so excited to see his sister that he tried to wing shuffle, but ended up running into the wall a couple of times. I asked the person who was feeding them what kinds of scraps she gave them, and she said some fresh leftover spaghetti salad. Another thing I noticed is that they all have a weird smell on them (not their breath) and assumed it was because of the scraps they've been fed. I also saw some watery green poo.

This is Cheeto. I'll upload a video as soon as I figure out how to put it on YouTube. His comb is drooping a bit and has some dried blood on it since one of my other roosters got out and beat him up a couple weeks ago.
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Here's him laying on the ground after stumbling sideways several times.
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Pretty bird

 

[TinaMarieofFL]

I really have no clue, but what was in the spaghetti salad? That could have lots of things in it, including large chunks? I mean it should be fine, chickens eat rocks. I really don't know sorry I can't help.

Whew! Thought I was the only one not knowing what spaghetti salad was...

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Pretty bird

Thanks!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I saw Cheeto shake his head a few times today. He kind of turned it and looked up, then turned it back. Does this mean he does have wry neck?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I gave him a raw egg mixed with vitamin e and feed. I'm getting the nutridrench tomorrow. He seemed to have less coordination today, but he still has his appetite.

 

[Rose Quartz]

I gave him a raw egg mixed with vitamin e and feed. I'm getting the nutridrench tomorrow. He seemed to have less coordination today, but he still has his appetite.

really hope he gets better soon

 

[micstrachan]

He’a gorgeous! It looks to me like he is favoring his left foot. Are you sure he isn’t injured?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

He’a gorgeous! It looks to me like he is favoring his left foot. Are you sure he isn’t injured?

His feet both look fine. I've seen him tip forward and backwards too.

 

[Rose Quartz]

His feet both look fine. I've seen him tip forward and backwards too.

I'm thinking more like hips are hurting or a joint because of how he's falling. And he's taking more time on one leg than the other to walk.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I'm thinking more like hips are hurting or a joint because of how he's falling. And he's taking more time on one leg than the other to walk.

That makes sense, except that he is improving after the vitamin e treatment. He can walk more than 6 feet straight without falling or veering sideways. It also doesn't make sense that a hip problem would cause him to walk with his tail stuck up over his back and his neck hunched into his shoulders.