- Jan 16, 2011
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Hi everyone,
Can anyone please help with some problems I'm having?
I have a flock of five hens and one rooster. All are about 8 or 9 months old. We live in rural Borneo, so medication is quite hard to come by, and there isn't a vets that can deal with poultry.
Just recently, I noticed that the rooster was sitting down a lot, and sleeping for most of the day. But he was still eating and drinking normally, and there was nothing visibly wrong with him - we treated for worms, lice, mites, checked his skin, feathers, vent, feet and all were fine with no signs of anything amiss. The only thing we could see was a small amount of gunk in one eye, which we cleaned. For about a week, until I could get into the capital to get some medicine, I fed him (in addition to his normal feed) porridge, milk, scrambled eggs, and he ate with enthusiam. I got some Terramycin and the whole flock has been on it for almost five days now with no visible signs of improvement. I am using 1 teaspoon of powder per gallon of water. This medication also has added vitamins, and their food pellets also have added vitamins too.
Over the past couple of days, I notice that he has been very unsteady on his feet. He will try to walk but stagger, and then eventually give up and sit down. Also, this morning, we cleaned his eye again and got a large lump of goop out of it. I looked online at causes of the staggering and I notice that the main cause people suggest is either weakness due to vitamin deficiency, or a bacterial/viral infection. He's getting lots of vitamins from the medication and also from the feed, so surely it's not that? But his eye suggests that there is an underlying infection somewhere, so perhaps he is weak from fighting that? He eats well, but sits down next to the food bowl to eat. He no longer jumps up to the perch to sleep, he sits down on the ground in the coop.
In addition to the rooster issues, we also have one hen that is coughing. Other than the cough, she is normal - running around, scratching at the ground, walking fine and eating and drinking. No runny nose/eyes and she's not coughing up anything.
I have disinfected the whole coop, but we are unable to seperate the two sick birds. I don't think I can get Tylan out here, I asked at the shop where I got the Terramycin and they didn't have it. As far as I know, that's the only place that would sell such things.
Can anybody offer any advice? I want to try my best to help him get better.
Thank you
Can anyone please help with some problems I'm having?
I have a flock of five hens and one rooster. All are about 8 or 9 months old. We live in rural Borneo, so medication is quite hard to come by, and there isn't a vets that can deal with poultry.
Just recently, I noticed that the rooster was sitting down a lot, and sleeping for most of the day. But he was still eating and drinking normally, and there was nothing visibly wrong with him - we treated for worms, lice, mites, checked his skin, feathers, vent, feet and all were fine with no signs of anything amiss. The only thing we could see was a small amount of gunk in one eye, which we cleaned. For about a week, until I could get into the capital to get some medicine, I fed him (in addition to his normal feed) porridge, milk, scrambled eggs, and he ate with enthusiam. I got some Terramycin and the whole flock has been on it for almost five days now with no visible signs of improvement. I am using 1 teaspoon of powder per gallon of water. This medication also has added vitamins, and their food pellets also have added vitamins too.
Over the past couple of days, I notice that he has been very unsteady on his feet. He will try to walk but stagger, and then eventually give up and sit down. Also, this morning, we cleaned his eye again and got a large lump of goop out of it. I looked online at causes of the staggering and I notice that the main cause people suggest is either weakness due to vitamin deficiency, or a bacterial/viral infection. He's getting lots of vitamins from the medication and also from the feed, so surely it's not that? But his eye suggests that there is an underlying infection somewhere, so perhaps he is weak from fighting that? He eats well, but sits down next to the food bowl to eat. He no longer jumps up to the perch to sleep, he sits down on the ground in the coop.
In addition to the rooster issues, we also have one hen that is coughing. Other than the cough, she is normal - running around, scratching at the ground, walking fine and eating and drinking. No runny nose/eyes and she's not coughing up anything.
I have disinfected the whole coop, but we are unable to seperate the two sick birds. I don't think I can get Tylan out here, I asked at the shop where I got the Terramycin and they didn't have it. As far as I know, that's the only place that would sell such things.
Can anybody offer any advice? I want to try my best to help him get better.
Thank you
