Stretching neck?

[Acamp68]

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with his eye?

 

[Acamp68]

Here’s another photo of him from today, same eye. It doesn’t look any different that usual to me, but please tell me if I’m overlooking something!

 

[MissChick@dee]

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with his eye?

The fact they weren’t open he looked half asleep. How long has he looked like that? Not a injury

 

[Acamp68]

I’m sorry, you mean in the video where he’s just standing there with his eyes closed? That was the very first time I’ve ever seen him do that and I just so happened to get it in the video. But after that he continued to eat and drink, go after the bread I brought out, etc.

 

[Acamp68]

I’m so confused. I went out and bought tylan50 and get vetrx just to be on the safe side, planned to start administering today. I removed food from their coop last night and when I went out this morning all crops were emptied basically, nobody looked puffy or “big” in that area. All chickens greeted me, happy as could be. Put out their food and fresh water and even the one I think/thought was sick is continuing to eat and drink. I sat and watched them for about 20 minutes and he is acting normal, no stretching neck, no opening of mouth. I let them roam outside while I was out there (we can’t free range, too many hawks and predator birds) with them and he went out foraging in the grass and weeds. I will continue peeking on them through out the day. I guess now I’m wondering if I should administer the medication anyway? I’ve read chickens try to hide injury and illness when they’re not alone. Maybe I’m over thinking!?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It's good that his crop was empty this morning!

I would not treat unless you see symptoms of illness.

In the video, he is adjusting his crop - it looked like he may have had some water in his beak and he was trying to breath through that, if you watch it again, you can see clearly that he finally swallowed, wiggled his neck to adjust the crop, then he "chewed" for the lack of better word. Swallowing some more.
2X you mentioned you noticed this action when it involved bringing food.

He was probably getting treats and/or feed too eagerly and filling his crop too fast, getting food stuck.
Raise your water and feed station up to about chest height, they will stay cleaner that way.
Change up the way you bring treats. Let them all settle down first before you set out treats, chickens are greedy and in their attempt to get their and their flock mates share the practically inhale food. Cockerels at that age are sort of greedy too, when they get older you will wonder if they ever eat since they are always giving goodies to the girls instead of keeping it for themselves.

Behavior is one of the best indicators of health. If he is active, bright eyed, eating/drinking, right now he is fine. Just observe him.

 

[Acamp68]

They are very excited when I bring them treats, jumping and toppling over each other to get to me. I will definitely change the way I bring them food from now on and wait til they settle before offering anything. Thanks so much for your advice. He scared me a little!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

They are very excited when I bring them treats, jumping and toppling over each other to get to me. I will definitely change the way I bring them food from now on and wait til they settle before offering anything. Thanks so much for your advice. He scared me a little!

I understand he scared you

Yes, wait until everybody settles. Ideally, you want them to start moving away and lose interest. I know that sounds harsh, but there are so many people that end up with food aggressive cockerels (and sometimes pullets), it's better to start out this way.
Basically when they are all crazy jumbled up like that, you are rewarding that behavior with a treat. It's not so bad if it's just pullets, but you have a cockerel in the mix.

This is nothing against the OP in this other thread. I have read it and am trying to come up with a way to help her. Correcting behavior once it gets to that point is going to be a challenge and sometimes it may not work. The thread is just for you an example of what can happen if you don't start letting your's settle. I know it's hard, they are like beggars! (not all birds will become food aggressive, but it's better to just avoid it if possible)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/need-advice-for-feeding-aggression.1276659/

 

[Acamp68]

Makes complete sense to me, we do the same thing with our dogs. I guess being new to the chicken world I didn’t even think of it but I’m definitely going to take your advice and change the way we do things when it’s time to eat