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Old thread but hopefully this'll show up to some people. Anyway I'm at home again and I noticed the rooster was doing a weird silent gasping thing. I've read that it can be a symptom of respiratory illness or worms. I'll try to figure it out but I also decided to take a video. His swollen cheek...

Thanks so much for all the responses! I'll follow that method and update if the rooster improves in the future.

Okay. I have three last questions about his eyes: A.) Should the saline flushing occur routinely along with the ointment or just once? B.) Should I use drops or a trickle to flush the eyes? C.) How should I apply the ointment to his eyes? I don't know if I should use my finger or a q-tip or...

Okay, seems good. I'll take some swabs and send them for testing if it's avaliable before we get new birds, which we haven't been planning on happening recently. Biological assays are a part of the career I'm studying for so it's neat knowing one could be performed on a sample from a bird of...

Thanks for the advice. I'll try the eye treatment stuff. I haven't checked the roof of his beak yet. If there is puss there, what would that imply? Also, would draining the cheek be something to consider?

Here is a better photo of the eye. The white thing is flat and seems attached to the eye; I've assumed it's a cataract and hope it isn't a symptom of something more dire. There is another on the other eye. The eye doesn't seem to have any mucus or swelling directly affecting it. His beak has...

He's a bit shy when the camera gets right next to his face, but I got some okay photos. I'll probably take more tonight when I can pick him up and hold him to the camera. No new chickens recently. Wild birds could be a vector, though I don't think gallinaceous birds are common here. There has...

Forgot to mention his behavior; seems completely normal. He still acts like his old self; doing his normal activities, running around, spending time with his hens. Also, I don't know for sure if he had mucus on his beak yesterday. It could have been some film/foam from poop he was pecking seeds...

We have a really old rooster of about 9 to 10 years of age. Yesterday afternoon we noticed his right cheek had become swollen, and he had mucus or other discharge on his beak. At the time someone suggested he may have just been stung by something and he would recover, but it's been over 24 hours...

One of the waterers for my chickens broke and the backup isn't doing as well as it normally does. My dad has me trying to clean out an old rusty metal waterer. In the middle of trying, I wondered if it was even worth it considering how much stuff built up, probably from iron in the well water. I...

Some bad news: found a roundworm in a dropping. One of my flocks have had foamy poops for a while I initially attributed to extra water consumption from the Summer heat. It's possible that the worms were the ones causing the pale combs. I've heard apple cider vinegar can repel roundworms when...

Sounds like that's worth a try. I've used coconut oil for scaly leg mites before.

I've actually done a couple of night checks for red mites, came up with nothing. The only parasites I've seen have been the lice, and I was even able to get a closeup examination by isolating a few. I also examine each bird I work on by parting the feathers. However, I will be extra careful to...

So I have been treating my family's two flocks for poultry lice for three weeks now. It started as a situation where some of the hens had pale combs, some had lice visibly scurrying around, and most had eggs present around the vent. The next week, eggs were about the same but the combs were...

Took her to the vet and unfortunately the tissue was necrotic. There was an option for surgery but in her state it might not have been possible, and it was prone to fail and it was too costly to afford. The veterinarian was really nice and offered humane euthanasia free of charge. I'm sad over...