Sorry for the hiatus.
Charles is practically healed.
What took more time were the legs, which are already 90%.
Crowing, eating and drinking normally now and still have time to have fun with her girls...
My other boy, Punk. A Barred Plymouth Rock with a temper quite angry... but deep down is a nice guy.
Digging a foxhole:
When he was younger and liked to climb things:
That's Cocoricó, the best girl in the pack. Despites I have her for two years, have no idea what breed it is. Does anyone know?
Here is one of her eggs (left) compared to the other girls (right).
Unfortunately my boy got sick these days. To my happiness and gratitude, I'm getting a lot of help on the topic I've created about:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sick-rooster-help.1285765/
My buddy Charles makes these funny sounds, since he grew up to a cockerel.
My friends and family find it funny because it looks like he was begging for food or something like. In fact, this behavior makes him very lovable to everyone who meet him.
Always gave me a lot of laughs, but also...
Not swollen, it's just the effect of angle and the shadows.
Besides the ration he eats fruits (apples, bananas, watermelon...), bread (which he literally loves) and boiled rice.
Charles late this afternoon. Looked better than in the morning.
Scratching the soil, looking for some food... until he dropped to his knees. This happened a few times, but he got up and continued his business.
From what I researched, Avian Cholera can affect the bird's joints, which would explain sitting on the knees.
He looked better later this afternoon, walked a lot, scratch the ground (with some difficult), ate a banana that I offered in chunks, crowing a little, tried to have some "action" with...
He is almost two years old. At the time when I brought him home he should have been around 4 weeks old
"While he sits on his knees, does he also have curled under toes?"
If I got it right, no.
"How long has he been doing this?"
Five days ago he started acting weird, hiding in the corners...
My good rooster, Charles, has fall sick these days. His symptoms:
He is laying in one position sitting on his knees, moving sometimes, but with some difficulty.
Has some green diarrhea and it's a little lethargic.
He has been eating and drinking regularly, and to my relief, still crowing...
Hi everyone. I'm a new member from Brazil. My creation is about two years old. Have three males: a hybrid of Brahma with another unknown breed (my buddy), a Plymouth Rock (angry guy) and a Black Jersey Giant (or no); and fourteen females of various races: one Plymouth Rock, five Naked Neck, two...