Wryneck! Need help please!

[CCsGarden]

Hello all,
My rooster is 1 yrs old and just today seems to have Wryneck . He did not have it yesterday although in the evening he was acting a little off such as barking at nothing, walking around kind of ignoring the hens/not putting them in bed. Today he is very calm, not really doing much but crowing to the side and down, not eating and only drinking.
How do I treat this? I'm giving him Vitamin E and force feeding very gently.
He is also molting his whole back end is covered in pin feathers.

Here's pictures of him.
You can see his neck bone sticking out one way

He eats New Country Organics feed.

 

[Sylvester017]

Hello all,
My rooster is 1 yrs old and just today seems to have Wryneck . He did not have it yesterday although in the evening he was acting a little off such as barking at nothing, walking around kind of ignoring the hens/not putting them in bed. Today he is very calm, not really doing much but crowing to the side and down, not eating and only drinking.
How do I treat this? I'm giving him Vitamin E and force feeding very gently.
He is also molting his whole back end is covered in pin feathers.

Here's pictures of him.
You can see his neck bone sticking out one way
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He eats New Country Organics feed.

Oh, poor baby! That doesn't look like wry neck/stargazing which is mostly a chick thing. That neck looks like an abscess or injury?

 

[CCsGarden]

Oh, poor baby! That doesn't look like wry neck/stargazing which is mostly a chick thing. That neck looks like an abscess or injury?

Ahh... Okay. So how do I treat this? I know others will get on here too

 

[Marie2020]

My first attempt if @Sylvester017 is correct, is a little damp cloth to start following with caster oil.
I find the latter helpful in so many ways and somehow helps with injuries. Goodness knows why

Lastly i would add a bit of ginger and turmeric into that feed that you are helpinghim to eat.... Which I have experienced personally and for my chickens has reduced their as well as my own swelling plus helped with pain.

Failing all of the above a vets guidance. We don't have the luxury of a qualified chickens vet where I am unfortunately

 

[Yard Farmer]

Hello all,
My rooster is 1 yrs old and just today seems to have Wryneck . He did not have it yesterday although in the evening he was acting a little off such as barking at nothing, walking around kind of ignoring the hens/not putting them in bed. Today he is very calm, not really doing much but crowing to the side and down, not eating and only drinking.
How do I treat this? I'm giving him Vitamin E and force feeding very gently.
He is also molting his whole back end is covered in pin feathers.

Here's pictures of him.
You can see his neck bone sticking out one way
View attachment 3909420
View attachment 3909421

He eats New Country Organics feed.

Can you get pictures closer to the potential abscess?

 

[Marie2020]

Can you get pictures closer to the potential abscess?

 

[Yard Farmer]

My first attempt if @Sylvester017 is correct, is a little damp cloth to start following with caster oil.
I find the latter helpful in so many ways and somehow helps with injuries. Goodness knows why

Lastly i would add a bit of ginger and turmeric into that feed that you are helpinghim to eat.... Which I have experienced personally and for my chickens has reduced their as well as my own swelling plus helped with pain.

Failing all of the above a vets guidance. We don't have the luxury of a qualified chickens vet where I am unfortunately

Agreed.
I would also give him VetRx in his water, and on the 'abscess'.

 

[CCsGarden]

Can you get pictures closer to the potential abscess?

I'll get more pictures.

Agreed.
I would also give him VetRx in his water, and on the 'abscess'.

I gave him some but will give him more.

 

[Yard Farmer]

I'll get more pictures.

Awesome.

I gave him some but will give him more.

Very good. I hope it helps him.

 

[Marie2020]

Agreed.
I would also give him VetRx in his water, and on the 'abscess'.

Yet another excellent post. I've learned something new tonight. Thank you