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VictoriaTemple said:
Say a prayer for me folks, please! My beautiful Jersey Giant roo, Hero, has taken ill. I think it’s the same bug that killed Meggido. Respiratory distress is apparent (he wheezes and is clearly in pain), though he has no obvious nasal discharge. Also bright green poop with yellow urine. I lost 2 hens to this disease last year, and he was infected then, but recovered. He had a high fever then, which I haven’t seen yet.

The good news is, he didn’t hide the symptoms like Meggido did. As soon as I went out to the coop this morning I knew something was wrong. The others went running for food, but he just stood by my wagon, looked my right in the eye, and in his own way very clearly said “Mom, I need help!” Unlike Meggido he hasn’t lost weight (in fact, he is gaining weight and looks great!), and is up and alert, standing on his own in front of a heat fan (I just bathed him), and he clearly wants to live, whereas I think Meggido basically had given up when I found her. He has food in his crop, and I got some NutriDrench in him, but other than a few bites of bread soaked in egg (which he hates!) he won’t eat. Gave him some Metronidazole I had left over from a previous infection, and a little aspirin.

We also still have white mites. I uploaded a picture of their eggs on his down feathers. I can’t see anything crawling, but the eggs are everywhere. I thought we got rid of these 2 weeks ago (bathed each bird in water with permethrin concentrate 20:1), but I must have missed somebody. Any idea how to get rid of these little devils, and/or whatever microbe is causing the respiratory bug?

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Edit: HE’S EATING!! I sacrificed my fodder project, and Hero is slowly but surely sampling some 3 day old sprouts. I hope it helps, he won’t eat the egg-bread, he just looks at me like I’m a murderer.
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Prayer to you. I don't have exprience with these issues, but Dennis gave you good advices.
 
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