He is a beautiful little fellow!
I have a 4-year-old Old English Game Bantam named Mr. Tozee who is having issues similar to your rooster. He presents with symptoms quite similar to your fellow; a caked, messy behind showing the white urates and a slightly distended vent (not prolapsed) that is scabbed and raw. When he's first brought in he strains to poop. The poop looks quite similar to the picture you shared.
This began last summer. I brought him in the house; he was dewormed and treated with Amprol (Corid) He improved over time and was released back with the flock. He eventually presented with the same symptoms again and we went through the entire treatment regiment. He was kept inside over winter.
I slowly released him back out this spring, bringing him in overnight. It wasn't long before he came up to the house looking rough and was having troubles again. This time I took pictures.
Mr. Tozee looking unwell. A pic of his vent. These were taken May 4, 2019.
After his backside is washed off, the vent is slightly distended with scabbing around the vent. The vent is raw where the scabbing is. Is this similar to what you are seeing? Does his poop have a strong smell to it? I was keeping a close eye on him so this is not bad compared to last year.
I cleaned his backside up but unfortunately didn't take a picture of this. I put him in his cage with food and water. He strained to have his first poops and he drank a lot of water. By the next afternoon, he had perked up. (pic below is May 5) His straining had stopped and his poops were more watery. He was back to crowing by the second morning.
Mr. Tozee riding out to check the cattle, May 16. A pic of his vent now. The top of the vent is not quite healed, but the scabbing is gone. This pic not cleaned up, this is how clean his backside is now.
I did not treat him with anything May 4. I rinsed his backend off with water, gave him food and water and a quiet area to recuperate. I like having him in a small area on paper so I can monitor his poops. I've been letting him go out in the morning to free range by himself, I let the flock out at dinner and bring him in at night. I've found he eats nothing during the day. His crop is completely empty when I bring him in at night. He eats and drinks when I bring him in and he goes to sleep. I have multiple food stations and he's still one of the top roosters. He is all over the place in the day, but I wonder if he's just too busy and doesn't eat. It's clear that he will be a house chicken until the end so I can manage his eating habits.
You've gotten excellent advice in this thread. I believe it's important to worm and quarantine new birds, possibly even more so for their health in the long run. Tozee got this bad in the span of two days; I had been checking him every day but I missed one evening. I agree that it does sound like your guy could have gotten dehydrated which caused straining with issues, it's what I've seen here. Shipping stress is a huge factor for animals/birds. Your bird is much younger and he'll have that on his side.
I'm trying to debate whether I should even say anything regarding the prolapse because good information has been given and you're taking him to a vet. Perhaps I can't see the picture that great, but I don't see his vent being that bad...I don't see that much exposed inner tissue. Because he's having a difficult time, it will be difficult to help him until he has softer poops. That should be fairly quickly if he's eating and drinking well. Sometimes fussing with a prolapse or start of a prolapse can cause further irritation and inflammation. It's also an area that's impossible to keep clean if he's leaking/got runny poops. I waited until the poops had regulated and were normal before bathing my guy and I didn't fuss with the scabbing, it irritated things worse. Everything healed on it's own. The one thing I did which maybe wasn't covered mentioned here was administering vitamins in the water for a few days to help cover with the stress and healing.
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