I wanted to update once more and say that honestly I am really not sure what happened to him. I had a hen also get a very swollen face recently (absolutely no contact with anyone/anything that could have hurt her) so I am wondering about it being a respiratory virus of some sort. I forgot to get...
Sounds like your boy isn't a fan of the color pink 😂 We purchased and put up a fence to keep them separated just to be safe! Definitely not willing to risk anything like this again. Very interesting about ticks. I didn't know that! I wonder if that could be part of it
I absolutely agree. I understand being a bit rough in self-defense if you actually are fearful of getting injured, but never actually hurt the rooster! Cheeto exclusively bites feet on rare occasions and never flogs. He stops when you reach down to him or pick him up, so he's definitely not a...
Thank you to everyone who has given suggestions!! I am definitely keeping an eye out for any sort of respiratory distress! I was watching him today and I didn't see any respiratory symptoms oddly enough. His swelling is going down too and he looks less "bruised." As disturbing as this is, I am...
I'm from Tennessee and it really hasn't been that cold. Might have been barely below freezing but that's it. Mayyybe low 30s. There have been much colder days and he has been fine and he has a very small pea comb. But thank you for the response! I should have clarified in the post :)
Hello, my almost nine month old Buff Brahma boy has a very bruised and swollen half of his face and neck. Is this injury or respiratory infection?? He acts healthy even though he looks pitiful. I heard a small amount of sneezing from the flock the last couple days, but not large amounts or any...