My Serama Rooster not mating

[LaFleche]

He does walk very poorly, is there any way to help this?

I am no Serama expert, but I am afraid there is none.

Also, almost half of his comb shows a blueish/blackish tint (cyanosis) which hints to circulatory issues such as heart failure or similar.

Check and if necessary treat him for internal and external parasites, provide poultry vitamins in his water etc. You can let him live out his life which I expect to be rather short anyways.

But I would never expect him to be able to mate. And I would not want his genetics in my poultry gene pool either.

 

[RememberTheWay]

He does look malformed to me as in missing part of his spine and lower body.

I have seen this kind of malformation in pure bred/inbred rumpless Araucana and they also suffered from internal malformations.

Isn't that how people are needing Serama's? All the show stock Serama I've seen have had that ridiculous looking back. Personally I don't like it and much prefer the regular looking tiny chickens also called Serama by some. Lol

 

[RememberTheWay]

Also, almost half of his comb shows a blueish/blackish tint (cyanosis) which hints to circulatory issues such as heart failure or similar.

Doesn't seasonal hormone changes turn the comb blue/purple?

 

[LaFleche]

Doesn't seasonal hormone changes turn the comb blue/purple?

No, they don't.

Seasonal hormone changes will lead to smaller and paler combs.

 

[LoneStarBirds]

He does walk very poorly, is there any way to help this?

How is your little guy doing? May I ask how he feels when you run your hands down his sides and feel his body? Is he straights or is there a hump or humps? I am just curious to know because a lady I know has a macaw baby that was born very deformed and it has a very short body.

The bluish comb and walking poorly makes me think B1 deficiency and here is why. I know that most often people only think wryneck but the list for B1 Thiamine deficiency has quite a few symptoms and a bird can any number of them, ranging from only one to all of them.

Leg weakness, unsteady gait and a Blue comb are on the list. B1 deficiency would also account for any heart problems, in people its called wet beriberi when it affects the heart and dry beriberi if it affects the nervous system and it can affect either or both.