Not sure it just happened. It was just so sudden. He was fine last night when he went to bed but this morning he quickly dropped off. Started with him having trouble getting out of the coop and had absolutely no energy. He just got worse from there. Couldn't get him to open his eyes and finally...
Thanks! We're thinking about just taking him in. We got him from a guy for free, we assumed because of his beak. We're fairly new to having chickens; we came home after vacation a few months ago and found a neighbor's hen had adopted us lol.
I did just read about possible frost bite? His comb...
He's just been foraging around our yard; nothing he could've gotten into. Our feed is all new also. I did read a post about possible mold and mildew from the coop, between all the poop and dander and such, but we cleaned our coop just the other day and put a bunch of new orchard grass down...
Nothing yet this morning. Tried setting his mash out and tried to coax a green bean into his mouth but he wouldn't even open his eyes. He opens them for a second when I pick him up but quickly goes back to sleeping.
I went to the coop this morning to let everyone out and while the hens we're excited for the morning forage, my roo didn't. He slowly came out after a couple mins and then just layed on the ground. It's pretty chilly here this morning in NW WA, about 30 degrees F. We don't have any type of...
He's the biggest love bug we've got! He'll walk right up to you expecting to be picked up, although sometimes he'll make a game of it and dodge your hands when you try, then come right back for more. We've only had him about a week but he most definitely fits right into our family! :woot
He does have pretty bad cross beak so we've been been softening his food and leaving him in the coop with his own dish after the other birds have been let out for the day. I was reading an article earlier (thank GOODNESS for this site!) which informed me about trimming his beak, which I didn't...
We recently aquired this rooster for free and the gentleman didn't have much information for us. We're fairly new to the chicken life and curious if he's a blue wheaten ameraucana or maybe a Maran of sorts?