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The only thing is it only has the leg part it doesn't have it on his wings and neck. And he doesn't have the other symptoms:
Loss of weight.
Grey iris or irregular pupil.
Vision impairment.
Skin around feather follicles raised and roughened.
 
randerson846 said:
The only thing is it only has the leg part it doesn't have it on his wings and neck. And he doesn't have the other symptoms:
Loss of weight.
Grey iris or irregular pupil.
Vision impairment.
Skin around feather follicles raised and roughened.
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1st I would make sure to keep him well apart from the rest of your flock till the end of about a 1 month quarantine. You risk your entire flock by introducing an unknown bird. But everyone handles biosecurity their own way....

next... try posting in the Emergencies section of the forum. I believe there is a list of questions to answer in your opening post so that folks with chicken medical experience may be able to help you figure out what is wrong with him. You can also enter the symptoms in the search block at the top of any page and see what previous threads come up for you to do some researching on your own.

Good luck with him... hopefully he recovers well!
 
dheltzel said:
I think it may be time to cull some of the free-ranging roosters on the farm.
Last weekend I found one lonely boy trying to hump a calf . . .
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yep, I have both of my roos displaying for each other...1/2 the girls have no feathers on the back of their neck...and I've had to isolate one girl because the main roo has taken a dislike for her...(used to be his main girl)...and the little roo gets his tucas kicked everytime he messes with the big girls(and he does)....no chicken zen in my backyard....

I'm hoping to add a few girls in a couple of months maybe that will change the dynamics for the better.....
 
fisherlady said:
1st I would make sure to keep him well apart from the rest of your flock till the end of about a 1 month quarantine.  You risk your entire flock by introducing an unknown bird.  But everyone handles biosecurity their own way....

next... try posting in the Emergencies section of the forum.  I believe there is a list of questions to answer in your opening post so that folks with chicken medical experience may be able to help you figure out what is wrong with him.  You can also enter the symptoms in the search block at the top of any page and see what previous threads come up for you to do some researching on your own.

Good luck with him... hopefully he recovers well!
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Ok thank you
stake said:
yep, I have both of my roos displaying for each other...1/2 the girls have no feathers on the back of their neck...and I've had to isolate one girl because the main roo has taken a dislike for her...(used to be his main girl)...and the little roo gets his tucas kicked everytime he messes with the big girls(and he does)....no chicken zen in my backyard....

I'm hoping to add a few girls in a couple of months maybe that will change the dynamics for the better.....
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This is the first time I've gotten a rooster, cause I haven't tyres to fertilise the eggs, as if I wanted them I just want to my friend so I was just hoping he'll be ok
 
randerson846 said:
I received a rooster last Thursday, and he couldn't really walk he was sorta of falling to one side, and I put him in a second pen on his own, and he was walking fine again so I put him in the pen with the rest of the hens on Saturday night and he was fine, but when I went to let them out today he was lying at the door and couldn't move, all the hens jumped past him , and I set him on the ground his leg was shaking like crazy, so I put him back in the departed pen in the house, what do I do I thought he was getting better, so I don't know what to do please anybody help:(!
(If it matters he is a light Sussex rooster around a year old) here is a picture of him in his new pen

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I'd go back to whomever you got him from and get the background on the bird....my two cents....
 
randerson846 said:
The only thing is it only has the leg part it doesn't have it on his wings and neck. And he doesn't have the other symptoms:
Loss of weight.
Grey iris or irregular pupil.
Vision impairment.
Skin around feather follicles raised and roughened.
Click to expand...


Sorry you're going through this, you must be very disappointed. I agree with Fisher here, foremost, keep him away from your other chickens. It probably wouldn't hurt to clean up any bedding he's touched, and put it way far away from your coops (some people burn it). This may seem like overkill but there are several types of Marek's disease, they don't all display all of the symptoms and it's better to be safe about this. Mareks can wipe out an entire flock, can be spread through dander (even carried on your clothes or hands after being in contact with a carrier) and can stay in your soil and effect future birds. This is not a disease to take lightly. I'm not suggesting you are, but caution here is a very good idea especially since leg paralysis is a tell tale sign. Also might be a stress reliever for you to get cleaning and 'batten down the hatches' so to speak.
 
well, had my second hatch yesterday, got nine ee's out of twelve eggs, also four cochin bantams


now i'm done for awhile, at least til i want something else that i can slip in without the husband finding out, have to break it to him gently
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