- Aug 3, 2016
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Hi so my 3year old jersey giant rooster Shepard has been under the weather since October I've been taking him in and out of the vets, on multiple antibiotics.
Originally went in to the vets in October cuz his comb was purple/black and he was just stood in the doorway of his coop. The vet said his heart sounded fine and his breathing isn't an issue was most likely some infection. Through antibiotic and syringe tubing water managed to get him Back to normal.
Then late November he started turning again but this time his face, comb and wattle just went extremely pale and the uric acid in his poo was bright yellow. Now I wormed him in October and been worming him again since Saturday just to rule it out. the vets said again his heart and breathing is fine, no sign of external parisites or red mite in his coop. He used to have breaks throughout the day where he'd get a bite to eat then hunch up and rest for 30mins and continue. Now he'll just fine somewhere and hunch there.
I'm afraid to say he seems to be getting worse, he's completely food obsessed cottage cheese being number 1 on his list. Last night he was interested but ate a small amount then tucked his head under his wing, were as last week it would be gone in minutes. He is still eating and drinking just to say just in smaller amounts as the days go by. He's been on three sets of different antibiotics with no real help to symptoms.
I'll be ringing the vet again today but with his recent decline I'm grabbing at straws and thought I'd ask if anyone on here has any idea. I'll add some pictures of him down below aswell as a photo of his poop. One is a comparison to his son hatched last year, who looks the spit of him in his hay day.
Thank you very much for reading or answering in advance, if there's anything I've left out please let me know.
-mike
Originally went in to the vets in October cuz his comb was purple/black and he was just stood in the doorway of his coop. The vet said his heart sounded fine and his breathing isn't an issue was most likely some infection. Through antibiotic and syringe tubing water managed to get him Back to normal.
Then late November he started turning again but this time his face, comb and wattle just went extremely pale and the uric acid in his poo was bright yellow. Now I wormed him in October and been worming him again since Saturday just to rule it out. the vets said again his heart and breathing is fine, no sign of external parisites or red mite in his coop. He used to have breaks throughout the day where he'd get a bite to eat then hunch up and rest for 30mins and continue. Now he'll just fine somewhere and hunch there.
I'm afraid to say he seems to be getting worse, he's completely food obsessed cottage cheese being number 1 on his list. Last night he was interested but ate a small amount then tucked his head under his wing, were as last week it would be gone in minutes. He is still eating and drinking just to say just in smaller amounts as the days go by. He's been on three sets of different antibiotics with no real help to symptoms.
I'll be ringing the vet again today but with his recent decline I'm grabbing at straws and thought I'd ask if anyone on here has any idea. I'll add some pictures of him down below aswell as a photo of his poop. One is a comparison to his son hatched last year, who looks the spit of him in his hay day.
Thank you very much for reading or answering in advance, if there's anything I've left out please let me know.
-mike