Help, Sick 6 old month Roo

[Wyorp Rock]

It could be he is run down from the insects bothering him. He looks miserable. Do your hens have bugs swarming them too?

No, I believe you about not finding lice/mites - my thinking was a Permethrin spray or a miticide may deter the insects from swarming him.

It won't hurt to offer poultry vitamins for a couple of days and definitely increase his protein since he is growing in new feathers.

 

[Deblett]

No - only him, maybe they are attreacted to his bright red comb and wattles? The girls are still a little pale but just starting to colour. I will give him some tinned tuna and vitamins for a week or so along with his normal feed and i will try and get some spray on Monday. Thank you so much for following my post and offering all the good advice. I will let you all know how he gets on xx

 

[aart]

He does have an awful lot of new feathers coming in.

Molting can make them feel not so well...give him some scrambled eggs, or canned fish, or some kind of animal protein.

 

[Hobbits Mommie]

Molting can make them feel not so well...give him some scrambled eggs, or canned fish, or some kind of animal protein.

Do you need to make sure they have grit before feeding protein? And if so, how much how far ahead of time?

 

[aart]

Do you need to make sure they have grit before feeding protein? And if so, how much how far ahead of time?

I would assume any bird in need of animal protein would already have had access to grit,
unless they are living with no exposure to the ground and/or have eaten nothing but crumble their entire lives.
http://www.jupefeeds-sa.com/documents/GraniteGrit.pdf

 

[Hobbits Mommie]

I would assume any bird in need of animal protein would already have had access to grit,
unless they are living with no exposure to the ground and/or have eaten nothing but crumble their entire lives.
http://www.jupefeeds-sa.com/documents/GraniteGrit.pdf

Yes, I have a baby turkey with fowl pox. She's lived indoors (in my living room in a crate) for more than half her life now. She's beginning to heal, just wonder if giving her a little meat might help accelerate her healing.

 

[aart]

Yes, I have a baby turkey with fowl pox. She's lived indoors (in my living room in a crate) for more than half her life now. She's beginning to heal, just wonder if giving her a little meat might help accelerate her healing.

I have no idea if meat would help your bird,
you might want to ask in the other 2 threads you have about your bird with fowl pox.

I posted about the animal protein for the OP @Deblett in regards to the fact that her bird was molting.

 

[micstrachan]

I didn’t know the specific number of strains and that only two present wiling blood. GREAT factoid! Thanks!

 

[Deblett]

Do you need to make sure they have grit before feeding protein? And if so, how much how far ahead of time?

Yes they always have access to grit, one because they free range every day and I live on a granite hill but also I put out a dish of grit/oyster shell for the girls.

I gave him a sachet of tuna cat food this morning, he loved it. Again cetainly no worse today but apart from wolfing down the food, he's still feeling pretty sorry for himself.

I put fresh Lavendar and Rosemary branches in the coop and also dusted the outside and entrance and ventilation areas with a product known as Red mite Powder in the UK, not because they have mites, but it contains citriodiol which apparently is a natural insect repelent - in the hope that it woould keep the mosquitoes away.

 

[aart]

I gave him a sachet of tuna cat food this morning, he loved it. Again cetainly no worse today but apart from wolfing down the food, he's still feeling pretty sorry for himself.

I've seen birds 'mope' when molting.

Is he pooping good?
When I have a bird that is 'off', I like to check their input and output....
I isolate bird in a wire cage within the coop for a day or two....so you can closely monitor their intake of food and water, crop function(checking at night and in morning before providing more feed), and their poops. Feel their abdomen, from below vent to between legs, for squishy or hard swelling.

Best to put crate right in coop or run so bird is still 'with' the flock.
I like to use a fold-able wire dog crate (24"L x 18"W x 21"H) with smaller mesh(1x2) on bottom of crate under tray.
Then you can put tray underneath crate to better observe droppings without it being stepped in. If smaller mesh is carefully installed, tray can still be used inside crate.