Rooster has a lot going on right now

[Ewamagdalena]

So 2 days ago I noticed my rooster hanging out in the coop staring at the wall hunched over. Yesterday he actually did come out and laid by the food but then didn’t move the entire day today I had to pull him out of the coop and syringe feed him some water. I did end up adding Corid to the water just in case and he seems very interested in the water and drinking a ton of it. However these are his current issues :

Droopy wing

When I put him down he falls forward and can’t seem to keep himself up

When he does stand on his own he doesn’t move just hunched over and stands there

Today I notice his limping very hard on his right foot but checked the food out seems completely normal

Green mucus like poop

Panting

 

[azygous]

He's feeling very sick, probably from an intestinal infection. He needs an antibiotic and would also benefit from tube feeding to get his energy back up and to hydrate him. Are you prepared to tube feed?

You can order the antibiotic here.

https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10?variant=40215712661693
Dosage is 10 mg per every 2.2 pounds twice a day for 5 days.

You can buy a tubing kit for small animals from your vet or get it off Amazon. I can give you detailed instructions if you've never tubed before.

Give him a round of Corid just in case this is coccidiosis.

 

[Ewamagdalena]

He's feeling very sick, probably from an intestinal infection. He needs an antibiotic and would also benefit from tube feeding to get his energy back up and to hydrate him. Are you prepared to tube feed?

You can order the antibiotic here.

https://jedds.com/products/enrofloxacin-10?variant=40215712661693
Dosage is 10 mg per every 2.2 pounds twice a day for 5 days.

You can buy a tubing kit for small animals from your vet or get it off Amazon. I can give you detailed instructions if you've never tubed before.

Give him a round of Corid just in case this is coccidiosis.

I have started him on corid. I have never tube fed anything so any info would be appreciated

 

[azygous]

Tube feeding a chicken is about the safest most fool-proof things a chicken keeper can do. There is pretty nearly nothing that can go wrong. Even a child can do it, and this past spring, two kids on this forum successfully saved the lives of several hens in their flock by tubing a life-saving solution over three days.

First, obtain the small animal kit from a vet or from Amazon. You can fashion your own from oxygen tubing or aquarium tubing. You would need to find an oral syringe to fit the tubing that holds about one to two ounces. A slender one millimeter syringe is too small to do much good.

Next, cut the bottom off at around nine or ten inches to make it easier to manage. You will prepare a solution of raw egg, a little yogurt, maybe a little soy protein powder and enough warm water to make it flow through a tube. I add a squirt of poultry vitamins such as Poultry Nutri-drench. Or you can buy baby bird formula from a pet store. This is to feed a weak or starving chicken. Other uses would be to give electrolytes to a shock victim or a flush solution to an impacted chicken. For an average chicken, about half a cup of solution will be how much to tube in.

Now, what most people fear most - the part where you insert the tube. But this is very easy as the chicken has a direct channel going from the right side of the throat right into their crop, by-passing the airway so there is zero chance of aspiration.

After wrapping my chicken securely in a towel to confine wings, I hold my chicken on a work bench with my weak arm. With that hand I pry open the beak holding it open, and with my strong hand, I insert the tube in her right side of the beak, going slightly under the right side of the tongue. This channels the tube right into the esophagus which goes directly into the crop. You can see this in the photo below, only it will be the tube and not the syringe.

I measure the tube from the beak to the bottom of the chicken's crop and make a mark so I'll know when the tube has reached the lower part of the crop. The first time if you hit the wrong hole your chicken will start to cough. It's okay, no harm, just back out and try again. Once the tube is in, the chicken will be calm and comfortable. Then you can begin feeding. It feels pleasant to the chicken, and most are very cooperative throughout the process.

If the chicken struggles and bucks all of a sudden, it's not because of anything you did. They get bored and tired of the process like a toddler would. Pause until the chicken settles down again and finish. The whole process takes no more than five minutes. Each time you do it, it gets easier and quicker.

Learning this can save the life of your chicken, and it can save you so much time and frustration. And it's very, very safe. Anyone can do it.

 

[MysteryChicken]

What's his diet?

 

[Ewamagdalena]

What's his diet?

He eats a house blend from our local feed store. They also free range so all the goodies they find as well.

 

[MysteryChicken]

He eats a house blend from our local feed store. They also free range so all the goodies they find as well.

What type of feed is it though?

 

[Ewamagdalena]

What type of feed is it though?

It’s a mash

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

It’s a mash

I think what @MysteryChicken means is layer/starter/all flock, etc.

 

[Ewamagdalena]

I think what @MysteryChicken means is layer/starter/all flock, etc.

Oh honestly I’m unsure as it’s just their in house feed it doesn’t say on the bag I don’t think. I’m not home to check currently sorry.