Sick baby rooster 🥺

[HappyDuckie]

Be careful if you use a syringe to put it in his mouth. Just dribble a bit at a time, or he could aspirate (get water in his lungs).

 

[roosterhavoc]

Without more information like age, where you keep him and all that it’s not easy to give advice. In the future when a bird shows visible signs of being sick they’re really sick and need to be taken care of right away.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Be careful if you use a syringe to put it in his mouth. Just dribble a bit at a time, or he could aspirate (get water in his lungs).

The risk isn’t a big deal with that particular rooster.

 

[Isaac 0]

Poor guy. Could you answer a few additional questions?

How old is he? Where did you acquire him? Is he vaccinated for Mareks? What is he being fed? Do you have pictures of what he's being kept in? Have you added any birds to your flock recently? Has this rooster had any problems in the past? Have you checked him over for ectoparasites such as mites, or lice?

I see he is already inside your house. Could you move him into a warm, dimly lit area, with feed and water provided? Basing off how long his nails are, it's likely hard for him to stand properly, and it looks like some of the contents from his crop may be spewing back out of his mouth, in which case you may want to put him in a sling to keep him upright. You can design one such as the one below,

Once he's stabilized a bit, it may be good to try dripping a few drops, or directly administering a poultry vitamin, sugar water, or B Complex and vitamin E into his mouth. Offering mashed scrambled eggs, tuna, or a soupy feed may be good too. If he doesn't start eating, or drinking soon, either tube feeding will need to be implemented, or I would suggest euthanasia.

Mareks disease can cause paralysis of the legs, often in adult birds, as well as other neurological-related conditions such as nutritional deficiencies in vitamin (E) (B1), toxicosis, head/neck damage, metabolic diseases, viral or bacterial infections. Off the bat, no one here can tell you the exact nature of his problem. Personally, I think a great deal of the problems might be related to his overgrown nails. Definitely, something I would consider addressing once he's in a better state.

As stated, more information pertaining to the bird's current state of health, and his past history would be beneficial.

 

[clawdeen360]

How old is he? He seems to be getting up there in the years, since his spurs are so long.

Maybe older then 6

 

[clawdeen360]

Honestly he doesn’t look good at all. You can try to get him to drink some sugar water out of a dish or syringe it into his mouth.
He looks like he’s just finishing up molting so his immune system is probably weak.

How do u make the sugar water ? With sugar ?? Like cooking sugar?

 

[roosterhavoc]

How do u make the sugar water ? With sugar ?? Like cooking sugar?

Just table sugar stirred into tap water will work.

 

[clawdeen360]

Without more information like age, where you keep him and all that it’s not easy to give advice. In the future when a bird shows visible signs of being sick they’re really sick and need to be taken care of right away.

we live surrounded by ppl who dont like his noise so, he has a cage, smtimes we take him out on the weekends to run loose , he is maybe abt 6yrs maybe older

 

[roosterhavoc]

we live surrounded by ppl who dont like his noise so, he has a cage, smtimes we take him out on the weekends to run loose , he is maybe abt 6yrs maybe older

6 years is pretty old for a rooster depending on breed. If for some reason he doesn’t make it he’s had a helluva lot better life than most roosters so do what you can but don’t feel too bad about it.