In your situation I'd take the Sumatra rooster to an avian vets. Make sure the vets you visit are trained or specialize in treating birds.
It sounds very much like MG, especially as you've noticed bubbles in the eyes and you've had other chickens die from the same problem. It seems quite unlikely that several chickens would die of a eye infection. Put your roosters body next to your ear, does his breathing sound normal? Listen for a rattling noise.
If all of your chickens are part of the same flock then selling them is going to be a problem. If for example, your chickens were kept in separate smaller flocks and you noticed only the birds from that flock were dying then it would mean only those birds are infected. If all of your chickens are kept together as one big flock then it could mean several chickens within that
flock are infected or are carriers. Selling your chickens could result in many other chickens belonging to someone else being infected.
In a previous post you mentioned you were considering culling or letting the rooster die, that choice is entirely up to you. All of this depends upon what you want out of keeping chickens...A few years ago I brought a pair of Pekin bantams. I loved them both to bits! Sadly the rooster was a carrier of MG and past it onto his hen. I treated them both but unfortunately the hen died. My rooster made a full recovery but because I know he's a carrier of MG I can never get any more chickens and selling him is not an option.
I decided not to cull my rooster. To this day I have just one rooster on his own. I spend lots of time in the garden with him so he's never lonely and he's treated like a king. He's a very happy boy:
If I were you I'd treat your Sumatra rooster and give antibiotics to the whole flock in their food or water. Just make sure you never sell any of your chickens or get any new ones.
It sounds very much like MG, especially as you've noticed bubbles in the eyes and you've had other chickens die from the same problem. It seems quite unlikely that several chickens would die of a eye infection. Put your roosters body next to your ear, does his breathing sound normal? Listen for a rattling noise.
If all of your chickens are part of the same flock then selling them is going to be a problem. If for example, your chickens were kept in separate smaller flocks and you noticed only the birds from that flock were dying then it would mean only those birds are infected. If all of your chickens are kept together as one big flock then it could mean several chickens within that
flock are infected or are carriers. Selling your chickens could result in many other chickens belonging to someone else being infected.
In a previous post you mentioned you were considering culling or letting the rooster die, that choice is entirely up to you. All of this depends upon what you want out of keeping chickens...A few years ago I brought a pair of Pekin bantams. I loved them both to bits! Sadly the rooster was a carrier of MG and past it onto his hen. I treated them both but unfortunately the hen died. My rooster made a full recovery but because I know he's a carrier of MG I can never get any more chickens and selling him is not an option.
I decided not to cull my rooster. To this day I have just one rooster on his own. I spend lots of time in the garden with him so he's never lonely and he's treated like a king. He's a very happy boy:
If I were you I'd treat your Sumatra rooster and give antibiotics to the whole flock in their food or water. Just make sure you never sell any of your chickens or get any new ones.
