Is my cockerel ok??

Where are you located? What is the color of the rocks and pebbles around your place? That green poop is the color you get when a chicken picks up grit that has copper in it. It is not the dark green you see when a bird is not eating.

At ten weeks, he's growing some serious feathers so yes, his energy levels may suffer.
 
Where are you located? What is the color of the rocks and pebbles around your place? That green poop is the color you get when a chicken picks up grit that has copper in it. It is not the dark green you see when a bird is not eating.

At ten weeks, he's growing some serious feathers so yes, his energy levels may suffer.
In Australia, there aren’t really many? But the rocks are usually gray
His poop does have dark green this morning
I doubt the copper grit is there
I am fairly sure he has mites, he’s probably suffering more than my others that have already molted
 
Was he one of the ones treated for coccidiosis? If not, Imaould treat him now. Is he eating or drinking? Can you see mites moving on his skin? Pictures are good. Do you use Pestene for mites there, or permethrin? Mites reproduce every 5-7 days, so they need to be dusted at those intervals at least twice to stop them from hatching and reproducing. Also the coop should be treated after removing and disposing of all bedding, including nests.
 
Was he one of the ones treated for coccidiosis? If not, Imaould treat him now. Is he eating or drinking? Can you see mites moving on his skin? Pictures are good. Do you use Pestene for mites there, or permethrin? Mites reproduce every 5-7 days, so they need to be dusted at those intervals at least twice to stop them from hatching and reproducing. Also the coop should be treated after removing and disposing of all bedding, including nests.
He was not, only the small frizzles were treated for cocci
Should I just treat them all? With preventative dose or treatment dose?
There’s no blood in any droppings but there’s some runny poop but I think that’s from the heat
He is eating and drinking, I treated him with pestene and he looks a little better today
I’ll get some pics but I couldn’t see any mites
I’m going to make up a big treated dust bath today for them all
I’m moving them into a new pen today, they’re in need of a bigger one anyway
 
I plan to do a thorough clean and treat of all my birds, I have four older hens in a different pen who I’ll treat too
No I don’t unfortunately but I do have a separate pen I can put him in while he recovers, this pen doesn’t have mites in it
I don’t have access to raw beef liver but eggs I can do
Will any other kind of meat do?
I give my birds just any kind of red meat that I have.
 
I fed him some roast beef, he’s drastically less floppy today
Lots of new feathers coming in
Pics of the pen I’m moving them into
Can you see the small red spots on his face?
I also find these weird bugs around, don’t know what they are
 

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