Help!! Cockerel walking funny - what to do?

[vimeo][/vimeo] I need your help, on Saturday  my beautiful cockerel was not feeling great. He does walk a bit stiff-legged, and then promptly sits down after eating as if his legs are tired or sore. I have checked his legs and they are fine.
I gave him food and drink, as well as mealworms for Calcium and I also gave him magnesium. Today, He is still not great. If you have any ideas, please let me know, he is such a great cockerel and I don't want to lose him. Thank you very much for any advice. Sev
I had a youtube link for a video.
https://youtu.be/ST3jk6QSmQc

what age is he?

He is only one year old..

Are you sure the bottoms of his feet are ok?  I'm not sure what to suggest or look for but that movement he makes is very weird to me...

I know and it doesn't look promising !! Don't know what to do next, I will have to take him to the vet but not completely sure that I will have an answer. I looked in old forums and I didn't find any answers. Thank you for helping.

I changed the title of your post to maybe attract more attention from the chicken experts.  Hopefully more folks will chime in!

i hate to say it, but it looks something like some of the manifestations of marek’s disease that i have experienced with my flock. it usually shows up earlier than a year old though, that’s why i asked about age. it seems to affect birds right around the time they’re reaching sexual maturity, so somewhere in the 18-24 weeks of age area. if that’s what it is (and i really hope it’s not), it can get progressively worse until they can’t walk at all, or can result in death pretty quickly, it just depends on where the tumors grow. unfortunately the tests for it are all post-mortem as far as i know. if he does die i would recommend getting a necropsy done.

I was wondering the same as greg mosser. Have you isolated the bird from the rest of the flock? It would be a good idea until you've got some idea what the problem is.

Have you palpated the hip area to be sure he hasn't injured it (he may have gotten it caught somewhere and twisted it trying to get free)?

I passed the video link on to a friend with a lot of experience with back-yard flocks, so hopefully she'll have some idea.

Here's what my chicken whisperer friend replied,

I really can't see the poor guy's legs. He is a Cochin with short legs and heavy feathering on legs and feet so the video really shows nothing. He needs to pick the rooster up and see if there is string tangled on his legs or feet. There may be something stuck in the feathers that is tripping him(a piece of pine cone or barb wire). One of the feather follicles could be infected....Without being able to see, I can only guess. People need to pick up their roosters and hens from time to time for health reasons.

I know Sev said that the feet seemed fine, but I'd suggest you have another really good look and feel in case there's something really atypical - like a sliver - that wasn't obvious the first time.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for your help and your concern,

I just checked him again, When I took him in my arm and checked his legs he was moving them without problem, he was able to grab my fingers with his toes vigorously.
I didn't feel any lumps or anything round in his body.
I have checked the coop and no signs of diarrhoea only one dropping with green colour.
He isn't hot and doesn't feel feverish.
He ate two big portion of mealworms and I gave him 75mg of aspirin in water.
When I left him he happily went back on the perch.
His eyes don't have mites or are not watery.

On the negative side,  

When he was seating it seems that his wings were dropping on the side.
His comb is bright red and his feathers seems darker.
His eyes pupils wee at time really small and then went big again.
he doesn't stand for long.


Hopefully it will be helpful,
Thank you again for your help

Sev, how did this turn out??

I hope your Covered is better.  I had a hen who somehow managed to get her foot caught and was stuck.  When I freed her there was no sign of a wound, but she could barely use it.  Each day she got a little better, and after a week or so she was back to normal.  I hope it was something like that for you.