Rooster not eating or acting right......comb is starting ti change color on the tips.

[Michael Apple]

I'd start Corid 9.6% with the outside hens at 10 ml/cc, or the Corid 20% powder at 2 tsp per gallon of water for 5-7 days. The problem with something like this is it could be worms, but you treated for worms. It could then be Histomoniasis (Blackhead), which is a protozoa infection carried by caecal worms, Coccidiosis, or bacterial enteritis. We don't know for sure unless you could have fecal examination by a local avian veterinarian. If you absolutely cannot find a vet in your local area, treat for Coccidiosis. If in three to five days you don't see improvement in droppings, you may want to treat for E.Coli infection. There is no withdrawal time for Amprolium, and you should not dose water while feeding medicated feed. I stopped using medicated feed a number of years ago since it didn't prevent birds from getting Coccidiosis.

Your rooster is still sneezing and you only have one more day with tetracycline in water. After that last day of Duramycin in water. Supplement water for the next three days with vitamins-probiotics in water for him. Keep a watch on him. Take him outside when you can so he doesn't become intolerant of the cold. You may have trouble re-introducing him to the flock with that other cockerel/rooster.

 

[casportpony]

Can you post a picture of his poop?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

One regular poop picture and one cecal poop picture.

-Kathy

 

[lagriega]

Michael....The rooster is not sneezing he has a bit of a stuffy nose/ congestion sound when he eats....It is one of the little birds outside that is sneezing more! I do not know what regular poop and cecal poop are.....I just know poop....LOL! I was not aware there are different types.

 

[lagriega]

I will see if I can find an avian veterinarian to do the test....If not I will do what you have mentioned. Should I start keeping him in the garage on the warmer days and in the house in the evening if it is too cold.Do you think this might help him from getting intolerent to the cold?

 

[Eggcessive]

Cecal poop is about every 9 or 10 poops, and it can be very smelly, shiny, and look like chocolate or caramel syrup (sorry for the comparisons, LOL.) It is also very staining. Here are some links that explain it and show pictures.
http://www.communitychickens.com/how-your-chickens-cecal-pouches-affect-its-droppings/
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive.html

 

[casportpony]

As long as he's acting sick you should keep him warm.

-Kathy

 

[Michael Apple]

Michael....The rooster is not sneezing he has a bit of a stuffy nose/ congestion sound when he eats....It is one of the little birds outside that is sneezing more! I do not know what regular poop and cecal poop are.....I just know poop....LOL! I was not aware there are different types.

Egg mentioned the cecal waste that is produced from the caecal sacs near the end of the digestive process. I took for granted you knew about them, lol. Kathy is right. If the rooster still shows symptoms, you may want to keep him in at night. The garage may be alright provided with a brooder lamp safely placed during the day. I don't know what you day/night temperatures are in your location. I am in Northern California, where the temperature changes aren't so severe.

 

[lagriega]

Our temps have been unusual for us for this time of year we were having beautiful warm days & evenings and then just last week temps dropped....I only took him out on the sunny warmer days and I did keep him protected from the wind. He is really not acting sick any more except for the tiny bit of stuffy nose sound when he he eats sometimes. Temps for today and up coming days...
38 High -17 low today
32-26
45-25 Thur
40-24
41-32
55-46Sunday
63-48
68-40
58-32
I was thinking I should put him in the garage Thur day and start to get him use to the colder temps and then put him in the outside chicken house on Sunday when the weather is going to stay warmer in the evenings. But I only want to do this if you all think it is ok......I dod not want to rush him and have him get sick again if he is not ready yet.....but as the days get into end of Nov and go to Dec our temps will get colder. I also have no idea what is going to happen when I put them back together.....I might have some new problems happening. The outside house was just finished being built when he got sick and he never got to go in it.....the chickens do not have access to the outside of their house yet because we have to add the pen on to the house....Talk about putting the chicken before the egg.....This whole chicken thing came about because I found 2 roosters in the middle of no where with no houses in site for miles walking downd the road together and crossing from one side to another. It was getting near dusk and they would have either gotten hit by a car or attacked by a wild animal because of the location..... so my husband and I pulled over and I was able to catch them. The other rooster being a standard size was given to someone who's rooster had just passed.....he was beautidful to and they both got along good. So any way we then were given the other birds and inbetween all of this my husband built the chicken house! The picture I have posted with my name on BCY is the roosters the day the 2 were walking down the road!!!!

 

[Michael Apple]

Well, I'd keep him in for a couple more days to see how his symptoms are. Avoid freezing temperatures. Chickens put off a good amount of heat roosting next to each other in the colder months. The house protects them from drafts and moisture but has good ventilation. Use deep pine shavings on the floor. You just don't want him roosting in a cage on his own in a cold environment while he's recuperating. Those are a couple lucky roosters. They are lucky you found them and not Mr. Fox.