Rooster suddenly very ill!

[Bamabexchicks]

Have ever had Mareks disease in your flock? Or any unexplained deaths? Poisoning can appear similar. I would check your feed for any blue green mold or off odors. It can happen overnight if water gets into a feed container.

You can tube him some fluids with a 12-15 inch length of aquarium air tubing (found at Walmart in the fish dept) attached to a 35 ml syringe from the feed store. Lowes sells small plastic tubing that may fit a syringe and is sold by the foot. Take your syringe to fit it. The plastic tubing must be melted to soften sharp edges on the end that goes into the chicken’s throat.

You can give small amounts of fluids with a syringe. Here is a good link about that:
https://unitedpeafowlassociation.org/articles/oral-medication-dosing-of-peafowl/

Here is a thread on tube feeding:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/updated-go-team-tube-feeding.805728/

We haven't had Mareks, bought our 7 pullets as day olds with vaccines. They are almost a year old. Rooster came here in the end of February from a flock the owner said had never had Mareks.
He has eaten 1/2 an egg and I'm giving him about a ml of water with nutri drench about every hour. Can this sustain him till tomorrow morning when I take him to the vet?

 

[Bamabexchicks]

Is his comb and face swollen a little?

His comb has always been really thick. I dont notice his face being any larger that usual

 

[Eggcessive]

Is he still standing? Can you try dipping his beak into water or holding a cup or spoon up to his beak? I am sorry that he is so sick. Is he swollen as @Wyorp Rock asked?

 

[Eggcessive]

He can have up to 2 or 3 ml of the PND, then switch to water.

 

[ChickNanny13]

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[Bamabexchicks]

@Wyorp Rock do you think its swollen? (He really hates the flash on my camera.)

 

[Eggcessive]

Poor guy. He looks so ill and weak. I hope he makes it through the night so you can see the vet. Is it warm where he is? He might need a little extra heat.

 

[Bamabexchicks]

Is he still standing? Can you try dipping his beak into water or holding a cup or spoon up to his beak? I am sorry that he is so sick. Is he swollen as @Wyorp Rock asked?

He stands, scratches, stretches but is not sure footed. I also noticed that he has trouble eating, like he cant coordinate his movements.

 

[Bamabexchicks]

Poor guy. He looks so ill and weak. I hope he makes it through the night so you can see the vet. Is it warm where he is? He might need a little extra heat.

He is inside, but I can put him on the brooder cage where my ducks are. Its warm there. I'm worried he wont make it, but its $300 to go to the emergency vet, just to start the exam.

 

[lutherpug]

I hope he pulls through.