Someone please help me asap.

lydiagirl99 said:

Thank you guys so much for all of your kind words. This is heartbreaking but I'm glad he'll be going to the vet where I'll try and comfort him as it happens. He's been an amazing rooster, very proud of his flock and his son, Bruno will now be taking over for him. We will give him a nice burial and will be respected like any living being should before his time comes.

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I know how traumatic it is to put them down. I have done it myself and after finding someone that will do it for me, I am sold. A humane killing is always the best option. The bird gave you their best and now it is time for you to give them yours. I am super sorry.

Thank you very much I appreciate all of your guys' support for me and the decision that has been made for Prince. Being humanely put down will certainly be the best option for both of us, even though I'm sure I'll ball like a baby at the vets office because although he's a chicken, it's still sad to see an innocent life have to be taken .
We will book the appt most likley for tomorrow and I'll update then. Again thanks so much.

lydiagirl99 said:

Thank you very much

I appreciate all of your guys' support for me and the decision that has been made for Prince. Being humanely put down will certainly be the best option for both of us, even though I'm sure I'll ball like a baby at the vets office because although he's a chicken, it's still sad to see an innocent life have to be taken .
We will book the appt most likley for tomorrow and I'll update then. Again thanks so much.

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Hey, we understand how attached one can get to their babies. I do too. And most vet's understand how difficult it is and many people do cry over their pets right there in the vets office. So it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Hello Everyone ! So today was the day.. Broke my heart. Everyone was very kind and they even gave us a little clay mold of his foot for me to have. I got an incubator from a friend of mine and am going to hatch out one last batch of babies fertilized by him. We buried him right by the chicken coop to lives with his buddies. Wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped me along this journey, it was very difficult but I would have no idea what I would have done without all of your guys' great advice so thank you.

Here is the mold.

What a lovely memento to have from your Rooster...

You did have some amazing advice from some wonderful people here...

I am so very sorry for your loss but you did what was the right thing for him...he is at peace now and will live in your memory forever as a wonderful boy...

I am so very sorry. I know how hard this is, and yes, it does break the heart. But it was for the better.

Love that foot impression!! Wow, how cool!

Good luck with the hatch too, maybe he can live on through his egg.

I hope your heavy heart heals soon.

I have horrible news I would love your guys' help on. My beautiful Roo, Bruno that I have raised from an egg has came down with symptoms of Mareks. I love this baby so much. He has always been the funniest most kind chicken that loves human attention. I went into the coop today to find Bruno standing very, what I would describe as sadly in the coop. He let me go to him and pick him up , I checked for wounds and didn't see anything. I proceeded to sit him back down and this is when I saw he couldn't keep his balance while trying to walk. I gave him food and water and sat him in his favorite nesting box to sleep in. He has 0 interest in the food or water as far as I can tell... Do you guys think I should just call the vet and schedule an appt for the euthanasia or could he possibly recover ? There is no eye change at this point either.

Hi

I am so sorry to read that you lost Prince and that his son, Bruno, is now also exhibiting Marek's symptoms.

I've had this disease in my flock for just over 2 years and I lose a few young birds to it each year usually in autumn/winter...this is a small percentage of the chicks I raise. I recently lost two pullets to it and I also have a cockerel that was quite badly debilitated with it.... in fact I thought he would be the one that needed culling and the pullet would survive. After a week of supportive care, he is now completely back to normal and you can't tell he had a problem....although I am aware that he will most likely suffer a second attack at sometime in the future, his quality of life is extremely good at the moment.

If you can tempt Bruno to eat and drink, I would give him supportive care and the best nutrition you can, to boost his immune system. If he refuses to eat, then I would make the decision to euthanize.
I find that keeping them within the flock in a cage and scattering food around so that the flock forage around the sick bird, helps to keep their spirits up and encourages them to eat. Isolating them depresses them and they go down hill faster and your flock has almost certainly all been exposed to the virus by now, so in my opinion there is little point in quarantining the sick bird.

I hope Bruno makes a recovery like my little roo did, but if not, try to console yourself that he had a wonderful (if short life) in a loving, caring home. Everything dies sooner or later, it is the quality of that life that matters.

Good luck

Barbara

Thank you so much. With a very heavy heart I'm here to say that Bruno passed away yesterday. I went outside to check on him before I went to work and it looked like he had, had a seziure and passed away. This chicken was my baby and I'm so sad he is gone but he definitely had the best life a chicken could with his Brother Penguin and the rest of the flock. I'm hoping his beautiful roo brother can push through the disease and reach adulthood.

Rip Bruno. <3

I'm so sorry to hear he didn't make it. They are lovely photos and I'm sure you have lots of happy memories to go with them.
I was really impressed with the lovely foot imprint the vet's did for you as a memorial to Prince and wondered if you had considered doing one for Bruno too as a keepsake.

I hope this is the last of your flock that this horrible disease affects.

Sending sympathies and a virtual and remember to dwell only on the good times you had with him.