So about two weeks ago my family’s black copper maran rooster was not okay when we went to close up the coop. He had what looked like wry neck and was very lethargic. We isolated him and let him rest for the night, and started researching. We came to the conclusion that we didn’t think it was mereks disease, because he didn’t have even half of the symptoms... he did however, fall right in with wry neck. So I started syringe feeding him water, and then when I got my hands on some electrolytes and probiotics, I mixed those in the water too. I was giving him 30mL every 6 hours, and on day two he seemed to be a bit more aware of his surroundings. So I put him outside for 15 minutes, knowing how beneficial the sun can be when treating any sort of illness. He was not with any of the birds in the run, he was just in the backyard. He perked up a ton, and even started crowing. I thought for sure he would be back to normal in no time. And so we repeated this process, plus a mixture of vitamins, for two more days, and then we kind of hit a plateau. He started to seem more exhausted than ever. I then dive headfirst into more research, and read (I don’t know if this is true, but I didn’t want to risk it.) that if your bird is not clucking and extremely aware of their surroundings, do not syringe feed them. So I backed of on the syringe fluids, trying not to do more harm than good. Two days later, my father texted my mom and I while we were out and told us that the rooster had died. I never saw the bird for myself, but my father said he had a purple face and he was lying on his side. His poop, mind you, had also never changed throughout this week. I thought maybe it was a pulmonary issue.
it’s now been a week and we went to let the birds out today and one of our rhode island reds is walking around as if she’s drunk, stumbling over her own feet.For now she’s able to stay out with the other birds, but I don’t want to wait too long before she’s too far gone. Is this the same thing that happened to my rooster??
it’s now been a week and we went to let the birds out today and one of our rhode island reds is walking around as if she’s drunk, stumbling over her own feet.For now she’s able to stay out with the other birds, but I don’t want to wait too long before she’s too far gone. Is this the same thing that happened to my rooster??
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