I have a flock of 7, two roosters and five hens that are all around 6 months old. Last weekend the smaller roo (Flamingo, an olive egger) looked tired, started fluffing up his feathers, head tucked back, and holding his wings away from his body. He's also a little off balance while he tries to preen. He put out some green streaked poop, followed by what is best described as explosive diarrhea in the treat pan (not fun to clean btw), but I didn't see any worms or anything in it. His waddle was pale and dry.
After doing some research I thought maybe it was the heat (90+ degrees) so I mixed up some homemade pedialyte and we've been giving it to him twice a day. He's perked up a bit, waddle looks normal now, but he's still falling asleep standing up and fluffed up, just not himself. I sat with them for quite a while today but never did see him poop to see how it looks now. The nest boxes all have normal poops in them except for one that has a lot of runny stuff in it, I think that's his box. He's eating 16% feed pellets, cracked corn and mealworms, weeds & grass that I bring them, usually an apple or tomato or something from the kitchen, and is drinking water fine. His crop was empty this morning so I've ruled that out.
The other 6 appear to be healthy, some runny poos (not green or bloody) but also normal ones. They're all active and acting normal. Two of the hens are laying, the other three are due to start any week now. All 7 are kept in a covered wire coop with an enclosed, ventilated large roost with 10 nest boxes. Due to an abundance of loose neighbor dogs out here in the boonies, I don't dare free-range them.
My question is if it's safe for me to just treat Flamingo by putting a couple drops of Corid on his beak a couple times a day, while keeping him integrated with the rest? Or should I break down and treat the whole flock even if he's the only one with symptoms?
After doing some research I thought maybe it was the heat (90+ degrees) so I mixed up some homemade pedialyte and we've been giving it to him twice a day. He's perked up a bit, waddle looks normal now, but he's still falling asleep standing up and fluffed up, just not himself. I sat with them for quite a while today but never did see him poop to see how it looks now. The nest boxes all have normal poops in them except for one that has a lot of runny stuff in it, I think that's his box. He's eating 16% feed pellets, cracked corn and mealworms, weeds & grass that I bring them, usually an apple or tomato or something from the kitchen, and is drinking water fine. His crop was empty this morning so I've ruled that out.
The other 6 appear to be healthy, some runny poos (not green or bloody) but also normal ones. They're all active and acting normal. Two of the hens are laying, the other three are due to start any week now. All 7 are kept in a covered wire coop with an enclosed, ventilated large roost with 10 nest boxes. Due to an abundance of loose neighbor dogs out here in the boonies, I don't dare free-range them.
My question is if it's safe for me to just treat Flamingo by putting a couple drops of Corid on his beak a couple times a day, while keeping him integrated with the rest? Or should I break down and treat the whole flock even if he's the only one with symptoms?
