Rooster wheezing

[Orsadie]

Glad he seems to be getting a bit better.

I don't see any photos. For video you would need to upload to youtube and provide a link, the BYC upload does not work.

Do you feed any poultry feed or just scratch?

The photos I attached to original post

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How is he?

 

[Orsadie]

How is he?

My rooster has become worse as of today, I'm thinking possible obstruction? My vet doesnt know anything and the local exotic vet wont return my calls, today I used a needleless syringe and forced veg oil, coconut oil and vitamins (ornabac) I palpated his throat , his larynx is the only thing I feel , are you suppose to feel it? and he reacted when I massaged it. While I was palpating he just gasped for breath and stopped fighting , his comb turned almost purple but when I put him down the color returned to normal ...honestly do not know what to do , still no discharge from eyes or swelling anywhere, his crop is empty
Also swabbed around with qtip inside mouth down throat, can be out clean

 

[Wyorp Rock]

While I was palpating he just gasped for breath and stopped fighting , his comb turned almost purple but when I put him down the color returned to normal

I would be careful syringing oil into him. Can you refrigerate the Coconut oil and offer it to him in little pieces. Mine love coconut oil chunks.



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[Orsadie]

I would be careful syringing oil into him. Can you refrigerate the Coconut oil and offer it to him in little pieces. Mine love coconut oil chunks.



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Yes I can do that , he was eating it in chunks before, after messing with him today he has started eating again ( I didnt mess with him for 2 days because he seemed to be improving )
I'm thinking about doing the dewormer once again ? Maybe, not sure, feel like I should be doing something...

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes I can do that , he was eating it in chunks before, after messing with him today he has started eating again ( I didnt mess with him for 2 days because he seemed to be improving )
I'm thinking about doing the dewormer once again ? Maybe, not sure, feel like I should be doing something...

You used Fenbendazole to worm him right? How many days?

If you wormed him, then I wouldn't do it again.
I understand you feel like you should be doing "something" but sometimes taking a step back and seeing how things go is better.

See that he's eating well - I would encourage him to eat his normal nutritionally balanced poultry feed. Egg, fish or meat as a treat (small amount). Poultry vitamins 1-2 times a week.
Check him for lice/mites and see that his crop is empty in the morning before he eats/drinks.

 

[Orsadie]

So my Rooster, 2 yo, started suddenly wheezing very loud almost a honking sound with inhale and exhale, gasping for breath isolating himself etc
I immediately isolated him from flock
He has no respiratory symptoms except the loud noise he makes breathing in and out and a strangled sounding crow.
He has been in isolation now for 3 weeks no injury or sign of a sickness, also no other sick chickens, just breathing, gasping and head shaking.
Treated him first 5 days with baytril and vitamins
He seemed a bit quieter.
Next I treated him with fenbendazole 3 days just a slight improvement
His stools are sometimes runny with a green tinge. He eats and drinks just fine any ideas ? Oh and mouth looks clean no ulcers or blockage that I can see.

Update....after over 4 weeks of this, he got worse, then better, I put him outside in the enclosed pen still isolated and he died within three days , still do not have any idea what happened. The rest of the flock are very healthy his brother is now the ONLY rooster and my biggest hen is brooding ty