I came home this afternoon and my standard cochin roo Albert was laying down in the yard. He was very unsteady and I brought him inside. I washed his backside because he had feces in his feathers and it had a very bad odor. Not like normal chicken droppings. I did notice he had some mites and maybe even some lice. We've been fighting them off and on for quite some time now. I mixed some Terra Vet antibiotics on his water and placed him in the playpen sick bay in the laundry room. I also mixed a little antibiotics in a scrambled eggs and he ate it. He had a sneezing fit and his face is swollen. I can hear that his breathing is labored and when he opened his beak there was some mucus. How could he have gotten sick? I don't visit other farms or show. No other chickens come or go. I had some ivermetin that I had for a foster dog with mange. I put 7 drops on Alberts neck and 4 drops on all my hens necks. I also put Terra Vet in the hens water and while I was down with the hens one sneezed!
his face is swollen and he's pale
this was taken a few weeks ago and you can see his normal color
his face is swollen and he's pale
this was taken a few weeks ago and you can see his normal color