Rooster in urgent need of help!!!

[ChicNmom]

I wormed him probably a year ago. I think he might be around five years old. He has been eating, which is good. I might be able to get him to eat oatmeal or rice, yeah I can’t think of anything that might cause a rooster to have a hard back end.

Is it just hard around his vent area or is his abdomen swollen? I usually think of internal infections mostly in hens. But I guess a rooster could also get something like that.

 

[LaFleche]

I can’t think of anything that might cause a rooster to have a hard back end.

It could be caused by flystrike.

 

[Roosterfeather]

Is it just hard around his vent area or is his abdomen swollen? I usually think of internal infections mostly in hens. But I guess a rooster could also get something like that.

Yes, his abdomen seems quite swollen.

 

[Roosterfeather]

It could be caused by flystrike.

Really? I didn't see any worms around his vent area.

 

[Roosterfeather]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster-in-urgent-need-of-help.1637955/#post-27974033

You have 2 threads going.

Yeah I know it's because I have another rooster who seems to be sick also.

 

[Roosterfeather]

Age? Diet? Pooping?

He is probably around 5 years old, he is eating Max premium poultry feed and yes he is pooping! But his poop is very runny and it is also greenish for some reason, it looks horrible.

 

[nuthatched]

He is probably around 5 years old, he is eating Max premium poultry feed and yes he is pooping! But his poop is very runny and it is also greenish for some reason, it looks horrible.

Is that a layer feed? How's his crop feel? Doughy? Squishy? Hard?

 

[ChicNmom]

Yes, his abdomen seems quite swollen.

Does it feel hard or more like a water balloon? I can't imagine you would have 2 roosters with ascites but here is some info.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-don’t-know-what-my-chicken-has.1636400/#post-27946381

Yeah I know it's because I have another rooster who seems to be sick also.

So you have 2 sick roosters with the exact same symptoms?
Any other sick birds? Could they have gotten into moldy feed or something poisonous? Possibly need de wormed?

If they have pressure building up internally it will make it hard for them to breathe and they won't want to eat.

There isn't much to go on. If you can rule out mold or something environmental then it would see like something contagious.
Do you have any broad spectrum antibiotics like amoxicillin?

If it something viral I don't think there is much you can do for that.

 

[LaFleche]

Really? I didn't see any worms around his vent area.

It would be maggots that would eat him up alive

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Please help! One of my Roosters is pale and down acting and is hard on the bottom of his feet, and is vent area is quite hard like he is impacted!! Any ideas?

try feeding him small cubes of coconut oil