Serama rooster attacted

[SierraChickens]

My older serama rooster I think attacked my younger newer one. The rooster was standing in a corner with a big gash in his face. And some feathers missing on his neck. I bought him inside, and wiped it off a little. he is shaking and breathing a little funny and the gash is pretty significant. He is also closing his eye on the side he got the gash. What do I do?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Oh no! Poor little guy. I had a chick with similar symptoms when he was attacked by a hawk (carried away and dropped actually). The shaking, breathing, and closing of his eyes is from shock and likely some discomfort as well. For now I would just keep him in a warm dark space to recover from the incident, a rubbermaid box or dog crate with some pine shavings in it and a dark room would be good. Shock can actually kill a chicken so getting him calm and comfortable is actually more important than treating anything yet.

 

[DobieLover]

My older serama rooster I think attacked my younger newer one. The rooster was standing in a corner with a big gash in his face. And some feathers missing on his neck. I bought him inside, and wiped it off a little. he is shaking and breathing a little funny and the gash is pretty significant. He is also closing his eye on the side he got the gash. What do I do?

I agree with @CluckNDoodle to get him into a warm, dark, quiet place to recover from the shock. I would at least swab over the gash with a disinfectant to ward off infection.
Put some electrolytes and a few drops of Poultry Nutri-drench in his water and make sure he has that available to drink along with some plain clean water.

Hopefully, you have a second coop setup for him to return to when he heals. Bringing a sexually mature male into an established flock that already has a rooster/cockerel very rarely works. The resident male will nearly always attack the interloper. It's his flock and he will defend his girls.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How is he doing now?

 

[SierraChickens]

How is he doing now?

He is inside in a brooder box with the special water suggested, some regular water, and food. I have not seen him eat or drink yet so I am still a little concerned, but he has a whole bunch of energy and back to his spunky self trying to completely run away from me. He is still half closing his one eye. I see him resting a lot when im not trying to check on him, so I've been keeping my distance so he can truly get energy back.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

He is inside in a brooder box with the special water suggested, some regular water, and food. I have not seen him eat or drink yet so I am still a little concerned, but he has a whole bunch of energy and back to his spunky self trying to completely run away from me. He is still half closing his one eye. I see him resting a lot when im not trying to check on him, so I've been keeping my distance so he can truly get energy back.

Does he have wounds that need to be tended?
I would try to see if he's drinking and eating. Hydration is important, but if he's got energy and is moving around, that's good.

 

[SierraChickens]

I agree with @CluckNDoodle to get him into a warm, dark, quiet place to recover from the shock. I would at least swab over the gash with a disinfectant to ward off infection.
Put some electrolytes and a few drops of Poultry Nutri-drench in his water and make sure he has that available to drink along with some plain clean water.

Hopefully, you have a second coop setup for him to return to when he heals. Bringing a sexually mature male into an established flock that already has a rooster/cockerel very rarely works. The resident male will nearly always attack the interloper. It's his flock and he will defend his girls.

What happened was, and terrible mistake. I have all of my breeds normally separated, but recently they all have been together free ranging, and all the roosters get along. I happened to get another serama rooster because I sell chicks locally to friends. So, I got one younger, but still mature rooster (he is small, so more like a pure serama) and 3 hens and 2 pullets, that he gets along with. since my individual roosters stay with their hens but still don't fight the others, I was hoping just adding a completely new flock would be fine because the new rooster would not try to challenge my more mature (and bigger) serama. But, my other one must have attacked him. lesson learned. I had them in an coop just the new flock for 3 weeks and I never noticed any aggression through the fence, so I thought all was good. my total mistake. I'm just happy his is ok as of now and I learn from this mistake.

 

[SierraChickens]

Does he have wounds that need to be tended?
I would try to see if he's drinking and eating. Hydration is important, but if he's got energy and is moving around, that's good.

Only the gash on his face that he wouldn't really let me look at. it's not actively bleeding, but like you can see where it was a lot. and there is a lot of missing feathers on his neck, but no bleeding or scratches there as far as I can notice

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Only the gash on his face that he wouldn't really let me look at. it's not actively bleeding, but like you can see where it was a lot. and there is a lot of missing feathers on his neck, but no bleeding or scratches there as far as I can notice

Now that he has gotten through the shock it's just a matter of him healing. I know there are a few things you can use to help them heal more quickly and prevent infection, Vetericyn spray is a good one, or I usually just use Triple Antibiotic Ointment (Neosporin) WITHOUT pain reliever. I'm glad to hear he's already perking up for you!!