JeanettesChickenCoop
In the Brooder
- Aug 6, 2021
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Hello.
I have a beautiful little bantam cochin that im getting really worried for..
I have been trying to do research, but the more i read, the more lost I feel..
Ontop of that, getting help from a vet isnt an option where I live.
so I really hope maybe someone here will know what to do..
Ok, so *deep breath*, heres some info about my baby..
• 11 weeks
• frizzle bantam cochin.
• I got him at 2 weeks old, along with 10 others (6 of which stayed with me and 5 with my sister).
• very shy and super sweet.
• incredibly beautiful boy, always been the largest of the flock.
• has always been abit.. derpy? groggy? or slow? In his movements and everything else really. Like his brain seem to react slower than the rest..
• from I got him, he has always been shaky. Even under a heat lamp on the highest setting, he still shakes. It never ends its just constant.
It didnt seem normal to me, but he's just always been like that and seemed perfectly healthy with everything else up until now. The other 2 frizzles in our flocks has never been like this either, its just him.. (Is this normal?)
• has always seemed to struggle with jumps/heights.. It's a big difference from the rest. I dont know if its just how he is like the shaking and slowness.
I dont know if these things are just normal, or super slow bad symptoms. I've always been worried about him.
But a few days ago, more things started happening.
• seems to want to lay down more often.. Even when i come with treats and everyone else goes crazy..
• his comb and wattles has become really really pale over these few days.
• today I noticed his eyes are more closed and puffy. He just looked really really tired. Checked on him later, and still no difference.
• nothing else bad externally shows on his body. Checked feathers, skin, his little legs and butt, everything seems fine. Big beautiful feathers all over.
I dont know if its worth mentioning, but I lost my first rooster last thursday. Was going to clean the little "outdoor safe-house" my cochins has to
sleep in and cover for bad weather (they havent been completely accepted by my vikings yet, so wanted to make sure they would be dry and safe no matter what), and I found him in a corner. He wouldnt move and he struggled breathing (rasping and sad noices),
so i brought him with me inside and sat with him and pet him untill he died. Cried my eyes out the entire time and I now know I dont handle these things very well.
I love them too much.
I realized I hadnt seen him outside that day until I found him, but the day before he showed no symptoms at all and he was just as happy and healthy as always..
So I dont know what happened.. It was so fast..
And one of my other roosters has also started getting shaky?
And of course, these 3 birds that I have mentioned.. my favorites. My babies..(all bantam cochins) So.. slightly panicked.. And I just really hope someone here can help me figure something out before its too late..
Im sorry for all the text, I just wanted to try explain everything..
Going to attach a few photos, but he is much more pale than he looks on camera..
I have a beautiful little bantam cochin that im getting really worried for..
I have been trying to do research, but the more i read, the more lost I feel..
Ontop of that, getting help from a vet isnt an option where I live.
so I really hope maybe someone here will know what to do..
Ok, so *deep breath*, heres some info about my baby..
• 11 weeks
• frizzle bantam cochin.
• I got him at 2 weeks old, along with 10 others (6 of which stayed with me and 5 with my sister).
• very shy and super sweet.
• incredibly beautiful boy, always been the largest of the flock.
• has always been abit.. derpy? groggy? or slow? In his movements and everything else really. Like his brain seem to react slower than the rest..
• from I got him, he has always been shaky. Even under a heat lamp on the highest setting, he still shakes. It never ends its just constant.
It didnt seem normal to me, but he's just always been like that and seemed perfectly healthy with everything else up until now. The other 2 frizzles in our flocks has never been like this either, its just him.. (Is this normal?)
• has always seemed to struggle with jumps/heights.. It's a big difference from the rest. I dont know if its just how he is like the shaking and slowness.
I dont know if these things are just normal, or super slow bad symptoms. I've always been worried about him.
But a few days ago, more things started happening.
• seems to want to lay down more often.. Even when i come with treats and everyone else goes crazy..
• his comb and wattles has become really really pale over these few days.
• today I noticed his eyes are more closed and puffy. He just looked really really tired. Checked on him later, and still no difference.
• nothing else bad externally shows on his body. Checked feathers, skin, his little legs and butt, everything seems fine. Big beautiful feathers all over.
I dont know if its worth mentioning, but I lost my first rooster last thursday. Was going to clean the little "outdoor safe-house" my cochins has to
sleep in and cover for bad weather (they havent been completely accepted by my vikings yet, so wanted to make sure they would be dry and safe no matter what), and I found him in a corner. He wouldnt move and he struggled breathing (rasping and sad noices),
so i brought him with me inside and sat with him and pet him untill he died. Cried my eyes out the entire time and I now know I dont handle these things very well.
I love them too much.
I realized I hadnt seen him outside that day until I found him, but the day before he showed no symptoms at all and he was just as happy and healthy as always..
So I dont know what happened.. It was so fast..
And one of my other roosters has also started getting shaky?
And of course, these 3 birds that I have mentioned.. my favorites. My babies..(all bantam cochins) So.. slightly panicked.. And I just really hope someone here can help me figure something out before its too late..
Im sorry for all the text, I just wanted to try explain everything..
Going to attach a few photos, but he is much more pale than he looks on camera..