Dead rooster?? Need help/advice!!

[dirtroaddarlin]

Walked into my coop this morning to find a dead 10 week old rooster. His feathers had been plucked. He started crowing about 7 weeks old. The coop was out of food and water (bad, I know!) what would cause the others to kill the biggest chicken, and a rooster, at that?? The others in the coop are between 10 weeks and 8 weeks. I have a bantam in the coop and she was not touched. Only my biggest rooster was killed.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

 

[dirtroaddarlin]

Seriously could use some advice here.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

hmm... i really have never heard of this before, do you have any older roosters? maybe your banty roo killed him? i have seen bantys kick standard fowls butts, but not really KILL them?~!?!?!?1?

 

[dirtroaddarlin]

hmm... i really have never heard of this before, do you have any older roosters? maybe your banty roo killed him? i have seen bantys kick standard fowls butts, but not really KILL them?~!?!?!?1?

I have a barred rock roo who is 10 weeks old, and a Wyandotte roo who is 8 weeks old. The other 33 are females. I’m wondering if the Leghorn rooster was sick with something so they just finished him off? Or if his crowing was pissing them off? He seemed completely fine on Sunday. I went out today (Tuesday) and he was dead.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

hmm. is it possible to send him in for a neacropsy? it could be a deseas.

 

[dirtroaddarlin]

hmm. is it possible to send him in for a neacropsy? it could be a deseas.

Do you have any idea how much that costs?

 

[featherhead007]

I have a barred rock roo who is 10 weeks old, and a Wyandotte roo who is 8 weeks old. The other 33 are females. I’m wondering if the Leghorn rooster was sick with something so they just finished him off? Or if his crowing was pissing them off? He seemed completely fine on Sunday. I went out today (Tuesday) and he was dead.

cannibals!

 

[getaclue]

Call your state vet. In plenty of states, it's free. No water is especially a bad sign in a coop. There should never be a time when chickens don't have access to water. No food is the second bad sign. Roosters wait until hens have eaten, so low, or no food is especially bad on them.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Call your state vet. In plenty of states, it's free. No water is especially a bad sign in a coop. There should never be a time when chickens don't have access to water. No food is the second bad sign. Roosters wait until hens have eaten, so low, or no food is especially bad on them.

x2!