He started gasping really badly and stumbling. I couldn't watch him suffer any more, so he was humanely put down this evening. Thanks for trying to help me, everyone. I appreciate it.
The swelling is down but he's still leaking a great deal of gunk.
Yuck Pictures ahead...
This is after I washed off his face. The swelling and the lump are definitely down, I just am frustrated because I don't know what's wrong with him and his raspy sounds worse.
The vet looked at pictures I sent and asked questions. She usually just works on the dogs we have on our rescue not on poultry. I'm hoping he gets better, but I got home today and he's worse
There is no smell to him besides the regular chicken smell. None of the other chickens are showing any signs of sickness at all and I've been checking!
It's just mainly gunk dropping out of his nose and bubbly eyes
I've been doing research and I think it might be Coryza. If so, I'm hoping the the antibiotics do their job. They're a broad spectrum type and his swelling has gone down. I've been washing his poor face every day to get the gunkiness off and though he's not fond of me doing it, it helps open his...
I've had to quarantine a white silkie rooster that I recently purchased. His glands along his beak are swollen to the point that his eyes could barely open, he has raspy breathing and thick yellow mucus was dripping out of his nostrils and bubbles in his eyes. I did start him on antibiotics in...