RIR Rooster with respiratory illness

[bart40330]

I recently got a year old RIR rooster. He seemed to be fine the first couple of days. Last night my girlfriend noticed that he was breathing like he had a cold. You could hear fluid in his lungs.

This morning I noticed that he wasn't acting right. Upon closer examination, one of his eyes is watery and almost closed. There is a crusty yellow substance around his mouth. He is breathing through his mouth and there is a few yellow spots in the back of his mouth/throat.

He was walking about around okay and doesn't appear to be weak.

Anyone know anything about this?

 

[dlhunicorn]

(wet) fowl pox would be my first guess especially if you are in an area of the country with mild weather (mosquitos)... (although there are a couple other things it might be):
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/200800.htm

... use a q-tip and dab some iodine/betadine on the lesions in the mouth... give a vitamin supplement and keep this bird away from all your other birds and provide separate waterer and feeder (this is how is spread once infected).

 

[bart40330]

The vet said that it sounded like a mycoplasma infection and recommended LS 50 http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e078e4-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5 at a high dose.