Silkie rooster looks awful

[LaFleche]

I think the issue is similar to a respiratory problem, but I don't know. I tried extracting the blockage, and that revealed a gross yellowish substance. I will keep trying to send the picture.

There are several respiratory illnesses that can cause what you describe, but the following two are the most common:

MG Mycoplasma gallisepticum Infection in Poultry - Poultry - Merck Veterinary Manual https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/mycoplasmosis/mycoplasma-gallisepticum-infection-in-poultry

Infectious Coryza in Chickens - Poultry - Merck Veterinary Manual https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...tious-coryza-in-chickens?query=Coryza poultry

 

[Eggcessive]

Any pictures? Does he have a bad odor around his face? Have you added new birds or had a respiratory disease in the past? Do you have any antibiotics? If you cull him, your state vet can test him for diseases along with a necropsy on Monday am. Keep the body cold inside a cooler in garbage bags on ice. Do not freeze the body. If you can get him drinking some fluids by holding water to his beak, and offer some mushy wet chicken feed, you might buy some time. The gunk in his eyes needs to be expressed. You can flush his eyes with saline and apply a small dab of either Terramycin or Neosporin into each eye. Here is a list of state vets to call on Monday am:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

 

[-Eridanus-]

We ended up culling him as he was in a lot of pain and completely blind. He did have a bad odor around his face, and we did the saline but could not find Terramycin or Neosporin.

 

[LaFleche]

We ended up culling him as he was in a lot of pain and completely blind. He did have a bad odor around his face, and we did the saline but could not find Terramycin or Neosporin.

You could send him to your state vet lab for necropsy to know exactly what it was.

With the results you might be able to prevent similar occurances in your flock.

 

[-Eridanus-]

Thank you so much... I felt so awful culling him but he was clearly in pain.

 

[-Eridanus-]

Thank you so much... I felt so awful culling him but he was clearly in pain.View attachment 3655799

Sorry that the image took so long to get through, by the way.

 

[LaFleche]

Poor little guy.

Sometimes the only thing left to do is to stop the pain and help them out of their misery.

 

[-Eridanus-]

Thank you for all your help. I think that it really did make a difference but in the end I think he was too far gone

 

[LaFleche]

I think he was too far gone

The problem with treating chickens is that they hide their unwellness so well and pretend to be healthy for such a long time, that when we finally notice that something is off it is often too late.

Keep a close eye on your remaining birds to try and catch it early in case it has spread already.

 

[Eggcessive]

Very sorry for your loss. It was best for him.