So my young Polish Cockerel, Clarus, is about 4-5 months old. He developed a strange problem a few weeks ago where he was stumbling, and seemingly very weak, but was still eating and plenty healthy looking. We brought him inside about 2 weeks ago when he fell off of the ramp to get into his coop...
I'm an amateur chicken breeder and owner, with a flock of maybe 15. I'm also closely involved with a second flock of five at another home that I'm at regularly. Because my chickens are just for eggs and pets, give or take, I'm not super attentive with their breeds and such, and as such I've got...
We fed him sunflower seeds (high vitamin E) and he seemed to get a bit better. He got frantic when he woke up because he wanted to be with his buddy, so we brought him outside and stood guard against the bigger hens. He ate a TON in that time when his buddy came over, and we put them in a...
Ok. I'll take that into account.
He's not small enough to be hit by Botulism. Not anymore. I've had a runt bantam die of it because of the compost, but she was just so tiny. No one else has ever gotten it, and they're kept in an area free of anything. The older hens are let out to free range...
Alright. Thank you, I'll try it. I pulled him inside today, but I'll have to find another crate for tonight because there are four chicks who go out in the day and have to come in at night.
Thank you very much for helping. Hopefully the vitamins will help boost him.
Could his being outside be...
Does anyone have any ideas at all? I'm really worried about him.
He's having a hard time pulling in his wings, and lays on his belly, legs slightly under him, head stretched forwards.
He's a Polish, that's his breed.
So I have a 4-5 month old Rooster, I don't exactly know his breed. He's black with a white afro and head, and an arched skull. It was natural, there were 3 others of the same breed that had it.
Yesterday I noticed he was acting strange, but I didn't really see anything to show true sickness. I...