Rooster lost his voice

[TicketyBoo]

I have a 2-3yr old SLW rooster who seems to have lost his voice recently.
About two weeks after that happened he got into a spat with another rooster and he has been compulsively shaking his head since. I can't seem to see anything on his face that would be irritating him but I wonder if the head shaking is more related to the voice loss than the spat.
Any suggestions?

 

[PunkinPeep]

Sometimes they shake their heads because something is in their throats. Can you look down there? Will he let you?

 

[redhen]

Maybe gape worm? I dont know..sorry.

ya gotta get ahold of him and check down his throat...

 

[TicketyBoo]

Ah this should be an interesting procedure! I should hire DH to document with photographs

......off to dig out the headlamp!

 

[TicketyBoo]

So I accosted him twice, I forgot the flashlight the first time. Couldn't find anything.
Looked up gapeworm, symptoms fit exactly.
Thanks for the heads up! I had better treat this guy asap because he's pretty darn important to me!