RareChicken
In the Brooder
I have a rooster that’s been ill since the 3rd. Here’s the story…
I noticed that he didn’t seem his typical insane self on the 3rd. That same day we had a rooster get his comb almost ripped off by what I believe was a barn cat from someone else’s property. I believe it grabbed him through the fence. He’s fine and I’ve been treating that with chlorhexidine cleanings and a round of penicillin so he doesn’t end up with a secondary infection.
My other rooster isn’t crowing, has greenish poop with white, isn’t eating, and just sort of stands around in his dog crate or roosts on the bar I gave him. (He is completely separated from the other birds.) I wormed him because I had a chicken test positive for threadworms. I’ve treated with Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole tabs for almost five days. I was thinking it might have been coccidia but I’m not really seeing any results. I had put him on oxytetracycline at first but that seemed to do nothing so I discontinued that after a few days and gave a vitamin/probiotic supplement in the water instead.
I’ve been feeding him and he seems a bit better after being feed but is still just standing around with his tail down.
I was also thinking maybe crop cankers. He acts somewhat normal other than the above mentioned maladies. Freaks out when I try to get him to feed him and occasionally "hums" at me. I unfortunately don’t have the medicine for cankers yet. I have ordered some that will show up on Tuesday.
Any ideas would be appreciated… injury or illness?
Photos are of his poop today in his dog crate.
I noticed that he didn’t seem his typical insane self on the 3rd. That same day we had a rooster get his comb almost ripped off by what I believe was a barn cat from someone else’s property. I believe it grabbed him through the fence. He’s fine and I’ve been treating that with chlorhexidine cleanings and a round of penicillin so he doesn’t end up with a secondary infection.
My other rooster isn’t crowing, has greenish poop with white, isn’t eating, and just sort of stands around in his dog crate or roosts on the bar I gave him. (He is completely separated from the other birds.) I wormed him because I had a chicken test positive for threadworms. I’ve treated with Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole tabs for almost five days. I was thinking it might have been coccidia but I’m not really seeing any results. I had put him on oxytetracycline at first but that seemed to do nothing so I discontinued that after a few days and gave a vitamin/probiotic supplement in the water instead.
I’ve been feeding him and he seems a bit better after being feed but is still just standing around with his tail down.
I was also thinking maybe crop cankers. He acts somewhat normal other than the above mentioned maladies. Freaks out when I try to get him to feed him and occasionally "hums" at me. I unfortunately don’t have the medicine for cankers yet. I have ordered some that will show up on Tuesday.
Any ideas would be appreciated… injury or illness?
Photos are of his poop today in his dog crate.
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