Well as most of you know I have had a sick BR roo. Well he is better and back with his girls.
I also have a pen with WCBP roos and 1 hen.They are a good bit away from the BR pen. Well yesterday afternoon I noticed that he was laying down alote with his head on the ground. So I went in the pen and made him move around and he did. As long as I made him move he would, but just soon as I would leave the pen he would go back and lay down again. He didn't go to roost last night with the others, so I put him up there. Well this morning I go out to check on him and he is laying down still and when I go in the pen he doesn't bother to get up. I have since brought him inside and put him in the "emergency room". He act's like he is drunk. Really Drunk. He will not eat or drink. I have been giving him some vitamins and electrolytes through a syringe. I also gave him some warm mash that I had to put in his mouth and make him it. I took him outside to see if he would stand up but he can't. I have checked him over from head to toe. I can not find anything wrong. No drainage any where, and his poo looks normal. He is acting totally different then the other roo did.
DO I start antibotics? Do I do the molasses flush? Do I treat the other's in his pen? HELP!!
Almost forgot: I feed them laying mesh and chick starter combined. He is 20wks old. The coop floor is dirt, but it was part of my yard that I fenced off. I keep it raked all the time.
I also have a pen with WCBP roos and 1 hen.They are a good bit away from the BR pen. Well yesterday afternoon I noticed that he was laying down alote with his head on the ground. So I went in the pen and made him move around and he did. As long as I made him move he would, but just soon as I would leave the pen he would go back and lay down again. He didn't go to roost last night with the others, so I put him up there. Well this morning I go out to check on him and he is laying down still and when I go in the pen he doesn't bother to get up. I have since brought him inside and put him in the "emergency room". He act's like he is drunk. Really Drunk. He will not eat or drink. I have been giving him some vitamins and electrolytes through a syringe. I also gave him some warm mash that I had to put in his mouth and make him it. I took him outside to see if he would stand up but he can't. I have checked him over from head to toe. I can not find anything wrong. No drainage any where, and his poo looks normal. He is acting totally different then the other roo did.
DO I start antibotics? Do I do the molasses flush? Do I treat the other's in his pen? HELP!!
Almost forgot: I feed them laying mesh and chick starter combined. He is 20wks old. The coop floor is dirt, but it was part of my yard that I fenced off. I keep it raked all the time.
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