codydelaney
Hatching
- Feb 21, 2022
- 5
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Our rooster is sick as of this morning and we would love any advice on how to help him:
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.): 9 month barred rock rooster (~20lbs).
2) What is the behavior, exactly: lethargic, haven’t seen his poop to know if he has diarrhea, nonresponsive, darkened and dried comb, not drinking or eating, lying down.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? Started this morning but has gotten much worse by this evening.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? We have 5 other hens in our flock, none of which are exhibiting symptoms.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma: No signs of injury or trauma.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation: the only thing we can think of is we have had a mice issue in our coop.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all: normally drinks water and eats chicken pellets & leftovers but hasn’t eaten or drank at all today.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. We haven’t seen his poop.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? We separated him from the coop in a warm kennel with his own food and water.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? We would like to treat him on our own as we don’t have much money for a vet trip.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. I’ve attached photos for reference.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use: our coop is a metal shed with pine shavings and a couple roosts. There is plenty of space for our chickens and access to food and water, plus we have a heat lamp since it is winter where we live.
Thank you for any advice you might have. We are first time chicken owners so this is new to us, but we are doing our best!
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.): 9 month barred rock rooster (~20lbs).
2) What is the behavior, exactly: lethargic, haven’t seen his poop to know if he has diarrhea, nonresponsive, darkened and dried comb, not drinking or eating, lying down.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? Started this morning but has gotten much worse by this evening.
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? We have 5 other hens in our flock, none of which are exhibiting symptoms.
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma: No signs of injury or trauma.
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation: the only thing we can think of is we have had a mice issue in our coop.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all: normally drinks water and eats chicken pellets & leftovers but hasn’t eaten or drank at all today.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc. We haven’t seen his poop.
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? We separated him from the coop in a warm kennel with his own food and water.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? We would like to treat him on our own as we don’t have much money for a vet trip.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. I’ve attached photos for reference.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use: our coop is a metal shed with pine shavings and a couple roosts. There is plenty of space for our chickens and access to food and water, plus we have a heat lamp since it is winter where we live.
Thank you for any advice you might have. We are first time chicken owners so this is new to us, but we are doing our best!
