roo has gas

[rooster-red]

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Using this method the hens will get the calcium they need from the oyster shell, and the roo will just ignore it.

 

[pollysmum]

When the rooster has been out free ranging... what access has he had to other things he has been eating.. fermenting fruit? anything you can think of ... or able to get to any place they have been working on cars by any chance.. ?

When was the last time you wormed the birds

And what did you use

 

[Wildsky]

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Speak for yourself spotted!!

 

[leslie0815]

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[leslie0815]

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[dlhunicorn]

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Those girls really need a layer ration...the older they get the more strain on their bodies.
I also have three roos with my hens and all sleep, range and basically do what they want when they want togehter (since there are no predators to speak of here in my walled backyard) ... I set out different feeders and the boys never eat the layer pellets when given a choice to eat something else (such as a grower ration or ANY ration other than layer offered in a separate feeder... though a chick started would have to be "diluted" by adding scratch as too much protein is also hard on the kidneys)... the girls will also eat from it however if you have free choice yogurt and oyster shell they will eat a bit more of that to make up for it

As for the gas...your rooster may have a mild enteritis. I believe there is a Rooster Booster product with gallimycin in it and this may help that.

 

[dwa]

As far as I can tell the roo hasn't eating thing that has fermented. I wormed him and the hens this fall using perrizene (spelling?). I should have mentioned that his poo is solid, not runny. I'll try the rooster booster if I can find it.

Thanks for your help.
dwa

 

[pollysmum]

If you can't ... get some cultured yoghurt....


Not the one with fruit or sugar in it or the one called vanilla... it has to be one with the active culture in it

Mix it with some chick crumble if you have it ... into a wet mash with some grated apple... give it to the bird first thing every morning... allowing him to eat as much as he likes for an hour... then put it out for all the birds to eat it ... and put him out also to be the flock... see if that helps him'

 

[johnnyjack]

lol i spend alot of time around my birds but iv never in my life time heard a poot.