CayugaMama
Songster
My 6 week old Welsummer Cockerel has been acting strange the past couple of days and I am wondering if anyone sees any red flags. The night temps have dropped here in Texas the past few nights, but only to the upper 50s.
- He is usually very active when I let the birds out in the mornings, but he has been hanging out on top of the coop and keeping to himself.
- His tail has been hanging horizontal or even downward the past couple of days.
- Instead of making his more mature cockerel squawks, he has been cheeping like a young chick.
- He seems more lethargic and has been sleeping a lot.
- His comb seems more pale than usual.
- He usually doesn’t let me hold him for more than a minute or 2, but this morning he sat in my lap 20 minutes after I finished checking him out.
* No outward appearance of injury or illness.
- He is usually very active when I let the birds out in the mornings, but he has been hanging out on top of the coop and keeping to himself.
- His tail has been hanging horizontal or even downward the past couple of days.
- Instead of making his more mature cockerel squawks, he has been cheeping like a young chick.
- He seems more lethargic and has been sleeping a lot.
- His comb seems more pale than usual.
- He usually doesn’t let me hold him for more than a minute or 2, but this morning he sat in my lap 20 minutes after I finished checking him out.
* No outward appearance of injury or illness.