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My rooster Hunson randomly started having balance issues a few days ago. He would walk weird and start running forward, unintentionally, until he would tip over. I kept him in the garage with food and water for a day, and it seemed like he improved a lot (could walk around without falling, albeit looking like he was constipated), but the next day started to get worse. Now he's at the point where he can't even get up at all without tipping over.
Pretty much everything else seems normal about him. He was acting normal and crowing (his crow seems to have changed and gotten a little scratchier the past couple days though). His droppings are normal, heart rate is average, eyes, ears, vent, feathers, feet...everything seems normal. The only thing that I can find that's a little unusual is a hard lump on his crop and a couple on his left leg, but those have been there for years. Also, no, it's almost certainly not Marek's. He's well over 6 months old, and doesn't have any of the usual signs of that.
A rooster he lived with (half-brother) had the same thing several months ago, and died less than 24 hours later. He had other health problems whereas Hunson has been really healthy.
Any ideas? I'm terrified that he's just going to keep getting worse, and looking around for solutions online didn't provide much helpful info. Any leads would be hugely appreciated, thanks for looking!
Pretty much everything else seems normal about him. He was acting normal and crowing (his crow seems to have changed and gotten a little scratchier the past couple days though). His droppings are normal, heart rate is average, eyes, ears, vent, feathers, feet...everything seems normal. The only thing that I can find that's a little unusual is a hard lump on his crop and a couple on his left leg, but those have been there for years. Also, no, it's almost certainly not Marek's. He's well over 6 months old, and doesn't have any of the usual signs of that.
A rooster he lived with (half-brother) had the same thing several months ago, and died less than 24 hours later. He had other health problems whereas Hunson has been really healthy.
Any ideas? I'm terrified that he's just going to keep getting worse, and looking around for solutions online didn't provide much helpful info. Any leads would be hugely appreciated, thanks for looking!
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