Decrease In Crowing & Swollen Wattles

[Iva S.]

I only got 1 reply when I posted this under the behaviors section, so I copied and pasted it to here: My White Leghorn roo (about 9 months old) has not been crowing as much as is usual of him. He normally crows every 2-3 hours about 7 times in succession, but for the past couple of days, he’s only done like 2 chains of crowing all day. The actual sound of his crows is sounding altered too. Is this something I should be concerned about or no? Also, this seems to have started after I gave him some VetRX because he had been having some respiratory issues (nothing contagious though.) Could that be the issue? He doesn’t exactly wheeze, but sometimes he (for lack of better words) breathes really loudly and kind of raspy sounding. It doesn’t seem to bother him and he can breathe from his nostrils just fine. It’s not a recent thing either, he’s just kinda always had it

 

[Eggcessive]

He may have a respiratory disease. Those can be viruses, bacterial or mycoplasma infections, or fungal from mold. Can you describe any other symptoms, such as watery/foamy eyes, nasal drainage, sneezing, swelling in the face? Make sure that you have good air circulation, and prevent dust and wet spots.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

.... My White Leghorn roo.. has not been crowing as much as... usual of him... The actual sound of his crows... sound altered too... this seems to have started after I gave him some VetRX...

The reasons for changes in crowing are many, like Eggcessive said.

Also don't discount the possibility that he aspirated some VetRx.

 

[Iva S.]

He may have a respiratory disease. Those can be viruses, bacterial or mycoplasma infections, or fungal from mold. Can you describe any other symptoms, such as watery/foamy eyes, nasal drainage, sneezing, swelling in the face? Make sure that you have good air circulation, and prevent dust and wet spots.

I just noticed that his wattles are swollen and he has some nasal discharge

 

[Iva S.]

The first pic is what he looks like now and the second is what he normally looks like.