Rooster loosing all body weight!

[Jennifer Arnold]

I've had chickens for years and I've always been lucky and never had any problems. I currently have 14 hens, an Old English Batam Rooster, 2 Guinea's, and 1 Light Brahma Rooster that is 6 months old so he is still a baby. He is the one I can't figure out what's going on with. About 6 weeks ago we had infectious bronchitis hit our flock ( first experience with that) we only lost our Austrolop hen and saved the rest. No I didn't cull my flock, these are my babies. I just won't introduce anything else into our flock. My Roo is eating, drinking, and still alert and acts fine. He still comes running to be every time I walk outside waiting to be picked up. When I picked him up a few days ago I noticed I could feel his breast bone. Then I kept checking him each day and noticed he has no meat on either side of the breast bone. Im giving him yogurt, greens, and of course he free ranges 6 hours a day and eats well. His crop is not impacted as it's full at night then empty in the morning. I treated for lice/mites today just to be safe but I haven't seen any. None of the other birds are doing this. I have tylan 50 he has no breast muscle to inject the meds into. I've never had a rooster this calm and loving and he is like my child. Chickens have also been wormed. I do not have a vet that knows squat about poultry any where near me as I am in a rural area.

 

[Kiki]

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[Jennifer Arnold]

That's something I plan on doing Monday. It's been about 2 months since the last worming.

 

[Kiki]

That's something I plan on doing Monday. It's been about 2 months since the last worming.

Did you just worm them and not have their poop tested last time or did they actually have worms?

What did you use to worm them?

 

[Jennifer Arnold]

Vet. That's about all he will do for chickens. It's sad we don't have a vet that knows anything about chickens here.

We used Wazine.

 

[Kiki]

Vet. That's about all he will do for chickens. It's sad we don't have a vet that knows anything about chickens here.

We used Wazine.

Wazine will only get rid of roundworms.
Next time you might want to use a broader spectrum wormer.

 

[Jennifer Arnold]

Thanks. What do you suggest. Tractor supply is n hour away from me so I will make the run to get something different.

 

[Kiki]

This BUT i only suggest to worm them if they have worms.
Worming a sick bird that doesn't have worms is not good.

 

[Kiki]

I also recommend dosing each bird straight to the beak so you know for sure they get the correct dose amount, instead of adding it to water.