Larouxbestfan
Chirping
- Jan 1, 2018
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I have a rooster that I found in my abandoned barn a few weeks ago. He's been acting normally, like all my other chickens, up until very recently, as in the last few days. I'm very concerned about him.
Some points to keep in mind:
1.He has lice (not infested, but a lot of nits)
2.I've given him two baths in a mixture of apple cider vinegar + salt + dish soap in the last week to get rid of the lice (it's killed the lice but he still has a bad not problem)
3.I don't know how old he is or where he came from. I found him around my coop one random morning about 3 weeks ago and he was acting fine then.
4. We've been keeping him in our house in a bin filled with shavings for over the last week (because of his lice problem).
5. I don't change his shavings everyday.
He doesn't seem to have lost a dramatic amount of weight, but I dont think he's been eating or drinking as much as he should. His poop looks normal, though.
Back on Wednesday he started to seem lower energy. He kept his head lowered and it's only gotten worse since then. He now usually keeps his head lowered and doesn't really stand up tall anymore. He always just has his head down now.
He doesn't roost on the side of the bin anymore like he used to. He just stays in the bin with his head down all day.
He hasn't crowed AT ALL the last couple days, which is very out of character for him because he's usually crowing all the time.
He will try to rub his face I think? He'll move his head back and forth from side to side? I assumed this was because he's trying to rub off the nits or itch his face? He usually stumbles like a somersault and loses his balance while doing this.
I thought he might be lonely and brought a hen inside for him to see and he seemed a little upbeat to see a hen but definitely not himself. He seemed very low energy still.
I have no idea what's wrong with him.
Is he sick?
Is he depressed?
Does his lice or the treatment I used have anything to do with how he's acting?
Do you think i should be changing his shavings everyday and that will help things?
I just want to know what's wrong with him and what I can do to help him.
I have videos of him stumbling and laying with his head down if anyone wants to see that if it will help diagnose a problem.
I'd really appreciate help because I really don't know what to do with him!
Thank you!
Some points to keep in mind:
1.He has lice (not infested, but a lot of nits)
2.I've given him two baths in a mixture of apple cider vinegar + salt + dish soap in the last week to get rid of the lice (it's killed the lice but he still has a bad not problem)
3.I don't know how old he is or where he came from. I found him around my coop one random morning about 3 weeks ago and he was acting fine then.
4. We've been keeping him in our house in a bin filled with shavings for over the last week (because of his lice problem).
5. I don't change his shavings everyday.
He doesn't seem to have lost a dramatic amount of weight, but I dont think he's been eating or drinking as much as he should. His poop looks normal, though.
Back on Wednesday he started to seem lower energy. He kept his head lowered and it's only gotten worse since then. He now usually keeps his head lowered and doesn't really stand up tall anymore. He always just has his head down now.
He doesn't roost on the side of the bin anymore like he used to. He just stays in the bin with his head down all day.
He hasn't crowed AT ALL the last couple days, which is very out of character for him because he's usually crowing all the time.
He will try to rub his face I think? He'll move his head back and forth from side to side? I assumed this was because he's trying to rub off the nits or itch his face? He usually stumbles like a somersault and loses his balance while doing this.
I thought he might be lonely and brought a hen inside for him to see and he seemed a little upbeat to see a hen but definitely not himself. He seemed very low energy still.
I have no idea what's wrong with him.
Is he sick?
Is he depressed?
Does his lice or the treatment I used have anything to do with how he's acting?
Do you think i should be changing his shavings everyday and that will help things?
I just want to know what's wrong with him and what I can do to help him.
I have videos of him stumbling and laying with his head down if anyone wants to see that if it will help diagnose a problem.
I'd really appreciate help because I really don't know what to do with him!
Thank you!