**UPDATE**Help me please!? What's wrong with my roo!?

[Birdmom2020]

My rooster was slow yesterday. Not acting normal at all. He wasn't running around chasing everybody and didn't mount one girl at all. He ate in the morning but when I was tossing some scraps last night he didn't come running. Then he went into the coop and roosted almost 2 hrs before normal time. This morning he won't come out of coop and has no balance. He just stands with his head bent in this weird position and only moves when he hears something and returns to the same position. Posting a video in a min but here's a pic.

Update #1-
He's still slow. He's walking around more and moving and stretching out. Hasn't laid down in a few hrs. I peeked out my back door (sliding glass gated porch I'm keeping him there to recoup) and have seen him picking at tuna/scrambled egg I put out for him and the pumpkin. One of the times I looked he was drinking on his own. He's holding his head up but still catch him bending his neck in that weird down position and catching himself and holding upright. Reminds me of a baby nodding to sleep in a car seat. I'm going to make him more egg/tuna mix and see if I can put some wet feed in it tonight before I put him to bed. I'm hoping he's moving in the right direction. Will update as often as possible. Thanks everyone for all the great links and advice and input. You guys are awesome!

 

[Birdmom2020]

 

[Birdmom2020]

15 min after originally posting. He's now standing in the same position with his wings down. He won't sit/lay

 

[Jenjens]

That looks like wry neck. I did a quick search and it can be treated with vitamins e b, and selenium, but please research yourself. Poor guy. Read the comments from this article, to get tips from chicken owners!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/wry-neck-causes-treatment-and-prevention.67732/

 

[Aapomp831]

Wry neck for sure. Here is a helpful article

https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-wry-neck-in-chickens/

 

[CheerioTheBuffRooster]

Oh no!!! Yes that does sound like wry neck, but I'd check yourself because you've been watching him and you might know if it is or not better than me...poor dude!

 

[Birdmom2020]

That looks like wry neck. I did a quick search and it can be treated with vitamins e b, and selenium, but please research yourself. Poor guy.

Thanks for the reply. I've been looking and searching all morning. I've done a few of the things listed for wry neck and my husband is getting the things we found high in vitamins e and selenium. I'm hoping this is all that's wrong. He stands for a little bit with his head down and sleeping then lays and stretches his neck straight and sleeps for a while. He's stood and put his neck straight and looked around a little for a few min at a time too. So we're trying vitamins and seeing what happens.

 

[Birdmom2020]

@aart @Eggcessive just to be sure, is there anything else I need to watch for to know whether it's just wry neck or something else?

 

[Eggcessive]

How old is your rooster? Is he able to walk or balance? Could he be dehydrated? Wry neck with drooping wings is neurological, sometimes a sign of Mareks disease. I would give him vitamin E 400 IU daily, along with 1/4 tablet vitamin B complex orally or in food. A small bit of scrambled egg, tuna, or sunflower seed will be enough to supply selenium. Let us know how he is doing, and I really hope that it is not Mareks.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is some reading about Mareks disease:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/

Here is some reading about wry neck/torticolis:
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/wry-neck