Happy Father’s Day to all.
Thank you all for your advice and support with Roux, my rooster. Sadly he did not make it through the night. I am not able to have a necropsy performed but will bring fecal sample to vet tomorrow.
RIP Roux Garoo
I treated him and all my hens with Corid, wazine and Safeguard. I treated all for mites and lice but never did see any. Dosage was provided from my vet - and byc articles.
I have not added any new hens although I lost one May 13 - appeared another hen had roughed her up. He is my only rooster...
I was out of town and someone was caring for them. One of the hens looked poorly and upon inspection had at least 4 what looked like puncture wounds on her neck area - they had ants in them. She was in a very weakened state. Since then the dominant hen in the group is getting very bossy. A few...
He is eating and drinking. He has always been friendly but now he lets me pick him up even - not normal. He had lost weight, but had put some back on. He’s about 2 years old.
my rooster is about 2 years old. On May 13 we had to cull a hen. In May 16 he made a strange half crow as if he had a sore throat. Since then he has not crowed or made ANY sound. He has not mated with the hens (13), mr does he alert them to food. He doesn’t get on the roost anymore just sleeps...
On 13 May while I was out of town one of my hens was apparently attacked by other hens as there was no sign of entry from a critter. At first he thought she was just sick, but Upon examination by my son she had several holes in the back of her neck with ants in them. He culled her and...