Phantom_k9
Songster
Hello
We just lost a cockerel yesterday to what seemed to be a heart attack. He had been standing still several times for the past few days, and he would get all puffed up. I thought he was just cold...
Yesterday we went out to find him asleep on the ground. We took him in to warm him up, and a few hours later he started puking and died. Now, we are in management mode, trying to catch this before it happens again.
Looking at our oldest Roo (about 15 months old), and he has been acting strange for some time now, more so now. His comb and beard would get either pale or orange (which now could be from the cold, but he was like this when it was hot), and he would get pretty lazy throughout the day. He would lay down often, most times away from the rest of the flock. He would get a lot more sluggish, and would walk almost on his knees at times. He has never been a fan of me, and always keeps his distance from me, however now he almost lets me pick him up, which is very strange...
The bird we just lost yesterday would sorta do the same. He started to let us pick him up. Given the sudden nature of his situation, I want to catch this before it happens again. We are unable to do a necropsy, so we still have no idea what happened and we pray it isn't infectious.
My mother brought up the idea that he could be going blind? He hardly reacts to us around him, and even when I wave my hand a few inches from his face he hardly flinches. I'm pretty desperate here, so any and all help is appreciated!
We did just get finished deworming our flock as well...
I'll attach a few pictures of him. The first is from a while ago when it was still hot outside, the second is from today (its pretty chilly today).
(EDIT!!!): This post got a bit derailed, the initial intent of this post was to discuss the strange health of one of our roos (the one with I have attached pictures of). We also lost another, younger bird yesterday that I did an at home necropsy on. Posted pictures on the 3rd page of this post.
The bird would stand still, puffed up, and would let us even pick him up for the past two days. Yesterday, we found him on the ground, asleep in the coop. After a few hours of trying to warm him up in my jacket, he violently got up, began vomiting, his head went limp, wings flapping, sounding like he was gasping for air. The whole ordeal lasted about 10-20 seconds.
We just lost a cockerel yesterday to what seemed to be a heart attack. He had been standing still several times for the past few days, and he would get all puffed up. I thought he was just cold...
Yesterday we went out to find him asleep on the ground. We took him in to warm him up, and a few hours later he started puking and died. Now, we are in management mode, trying to catch this before it happens again.
Looking at our oldest Roo (about 15 months old), and he has been acting strange for some time now, more so now. His comb and beard would get either pale or orange (which now could be from the cold, but he was like this when it was hot), and he would get pretty lazy throughout the day. He would lay down often, most times away from the rest of the flock. He would get a lot more sluggish, and would walk almost on his knees at times. He has never been a fan of me, and always keeps his distance from me, however now he almost lets me pick him up, which is very strange...
The bird we just lost yesterday would sorta do the same. He started to let us pick him up. Given the sudden nature of his situation, I want to catch this before it happens again. We are unable to do a necropsy, so we still have no idea what happened and we pray it isn't infectious.
My mother brought up the idea that he could be going blind? He hardly reacts to us around him, and even when I wave my hand a few inches from his face he hardly flinches. I'm pretty desperate here, so any and all help is appreciated!
We did just get finished deworming our flock as well...
I'll attach a few pictures of him. The first is from a while ago when it was still hot outside, the second is from today (its pretty chilly today).
(EDIT!!!): This post got a bit derailed, the initial intent of this post was to discuss the strange health of one of our roos (the one with I have attached pictures of). We also lost another, younger bird yesterday that I did an at home necropsy on. Posted pictures on the 3rd page of this post.
The bird would stand still, puffed up, and would let us even pick him up for the past two days. Yesterday, we found him on the ground, asleep in the coop. After a few hours of trying to warm him up in my jacket, he violently got up, began vomiting, his head went limp, wings flapping, sounding like he was gasping for air. The whole ordeal lasted about 10-20 seconds.
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