almostnadine
In the Brooder
- Jan 24, 2022
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I wasn't sure where to post this so started a new thread. I have a 2-3 yr old rooster, Buddy, who is semi people aggressive. After my boyfriend got got by his spur again he decided it was time to remove them. We used the hot potato method and they popped off easily with very little bleeding. We used blood stop powder and then sprayed with this liquid bandage spray, Purishield by Farnam. Haven't noticed any issues with the spurs; no swelling, he's walking fine and eating and drinking. But his behavior has changed quite a bit; he is much more subdued both towards us and the other chickens. Now after almost a week one of our other roosters has been ruthlessly attacking him, like won't leave him alone. This has made Buddy even more subdued; I haven't even seen him try to get a hen and we have several young cockerels and when one of them goes after the hens he just runs over and stands there where before he would try to stop them. This morning I tried letting the attacking rooster out to see how it would go and he immediately started attacking him again so I put him back in a cage and then gave Buddy a good once over and in his mouth found what looks like wet fowl pox. He isn't showing any other symptoms and was perfectly fine before the spur removal and mostly after until the other rooster started attacking him. This is the third day of fighting (only the first day had any real fighting before I was able to separate them 2nd and 3rd just the start then immediate separation) the first day I did notice some blood in Buddy's mouth but no sores, 2nd day no blood in mouth but didn't thoroughly check it. Overall other than his comb being scabbed up no major damage from the fighting. The stuff in his mouth is along the edges of his bottom beak and is that white stuff you see in fowl pox. Can this be caused by injury? I will try to get pictures when my boyfriend gets home. Right now I took the attacker (he isn't being aggressive towards anyone else) out of the cage and put Buddy in with his own food and water but where he is still around the flock. I have a bunch of oxytet from when we had a fowl pox outbreak awhile ago (Buddy never showed any symptoms during that outbreak so I don't know if he got it or not). I also have some doxycycline and clavicillian. Not sure if I should give him anything or just wait and see. Also any suggestions on how to stop the other rooster from attacking him would be great. Thank you