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  1. chooks4life

    Is my Rooster "slow"?

    It's just a list of a few common causes of blindness. Best wishes. edited by staff
  2. chooks4life

    Is my Rooster "slow"?

    If you're talking about sight impediments besides feathering, then you would actually need testing to determine the validity of the statement of them being not brain damaged, not neurologically abnormal, not diseased, and not toxified. Broadly speaking, all of us and all of our animals are...
  3. chooks4life

    Is my Rooster "slow"?

    Best wishes with him. Cataracts are simpler to deal with than any other form of blindness so hopefully it's that. Now, somewhat off topic, and I certainly don't recommend doing it to a bird, I know a welder who uses straight Smirnoff vodka on the eyeballs to clear the sight. Just a random bit of...
  4. chooks4life

    Is my Rooster "slow"?

    Very interesting. Not good though. I once hatched a turkey hen who had white flecks in her pupils, who also had this misjudgement of distances issue. Before she was a year old she had gone completely blind. She died not long after. I've never seen anything like it before or since. These flecks...
  5. chooks4life

    Is my Rooster "slow"?

    Yes, that does explain the lack of roosting. It should be encouraged because in general birds are more likely to develop and die from respiratory diseases than other animals. Roosting means he's not sitting in his own droppings, inhaling the ammonia etc, and he also won't be cleaning the poop...
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