I had the same problem with a chick I hatched, he was sneezing, and was not growing as fast as the others. I fogged him with oxine for a week, which cleared up the raspy breathing and sneezing. He is still "not quite right", and very tiny (well, he's a serama, so he's supposed to be tiny, but...
I have a couple hens that do the same thing, insist on sleeping in their egg-laying boxes. These were chicks I ordered from a hatchery, and were raised all the same and free-range during the day. Out of a dozen hens, 2 of them want to sleep in the boxes at night, so what I ended up doing was...
About 8 years ago, we rescued a rooster who had badly frostbitten feet. I'm thinking we put "Bag-balm" on them, but can't remember for sure, anyhow, he ended up losing all his toes. He is alive to this day, doing very well! He grew a sort of caloused pad on the ends of his feet, and gets...
Hello! I'm just new to this forum, and was hoping someone out there could tell me what is wrong with my little serama rooster. I hatched him last summer, and he appeared to be normal as a chick. As he continued to grow, however, his body has become more and more contorted. So much so, he now...