Rooster in peril

[Hen Pen Jem]

Greetings corn flake,

As Shadrach pointed out, your rooster may have ingested a toxic dose of the metalic coating, covering on your wall. This is an important clue.

It may be aluminum poisoning, which causes a host of symptoms, one of them being anemia. He appears to be anemic, evident by his light coloring. I would start treatment for this.

Treatment:

1. Chelation therapy, administer activated charcoal once a day. Purchase in capsule form at any drug store. Make a paste with one capsule and some water, and administer to the rooster, then, make sure the rooster drinks plenty of water so that the charcoal passes out of the body. The aluminum particles should be absorbed by the activated charcoal. This may take a week of therapy to cleanse his body.
2. Vitamin supplement with iron in it, Pet-Tinic is a good brand and is sold at pet stores. Administer .6 mL, every 12 hours for 3 days, then, .6 mL once a day for the next 7 days to address the anemia.
3. Herbal supplement - administer Milk Thistle supplement for at least a month, to repair and support any damage to the liver and kidneys. I use Liquid Hepato for dogs and cats, .4 mL, every 12 hours, for the first two weeks, then, .5 mL once a day for the rest of the month. This supplement also has B vitamins, to help form red blood cells.
4. Reduce stress till he recovers. Put him in a hospital cage, with food, water and mild warmth 65-70 degrees, if he is anemic he will chill easily. Feed him black grapes, greens, cooked meats and his feed.

He can die from this if not addressed promptly. The best thing would be to take him to see a vet ASAP.

You should also, remove that wall covering, or cover it, so that the chickens don't have access to it.

These are my thoughts on your rooster's issue. I hope I have been helpful.
Other members will have advice, please consider these too.

God Bless

 

[dalasgalas]

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[drumstick diva]

early on you mentioned he drinks a lot of water - possibly failing kidneys??? He needs a vet asap.

 

[Eggcessive]

So far, he is acting like he is weak and dying. He has bad mites, and he has a puffy crop. He has also been pecking at metallic covered foam on the walls—is that plastic that looks metalic or actually metallic?

His crop being puffy may be a sign of a crop problem developing, which may or may not be related to pecking at the walls, or to sour crop. Sour crop usually has a sour odor, and it progresses to a rotten odor over days to weeks. A slow to empty crop may be due to other medical problems. Drinking a lot may be related to his crop being puffy. Usually drinking large amounts will in turn cause runny poops, but he has normal poops so far.

I would give him 3 ml of the Poultry NutriDrench today, a drop at a time, which will perk him up with vitamins and electrolytes, and to get a little iron into him.

 

[corn flake]

Thank you all. I've gotten nothing but absolute great advice from all of you. I couldn't find a pet feed store in town that had the nutridrench but, I will get it tomorrow for sure. I did, find a supplement to add with his water and or food. For now it's all I can do for him. Tomorrow he will be going to the dr. I've put him in his hospital/time out cage. In the back room. Gonna be cold tonight. Will keep u all posted on corn flakes condition. Again. You guys are awsome!!!! Thank u so much