Sick Old Rooster :((

[bella1234]

Hi I'm posting again to see if anyone can help me again. The same rooster as my last thread is sick! He's breathing through his mouth, but thats his only symptom. No coughing, no boogers, no sneezing, no head shaking, and no watery eyes. And when he sings it sounds like a bantam rooster crow, he’s s a hatch gamefowl not a bantam. I don’t see anything in his mouth when I open it, but today on the bottom inner corners I saw teeny white clumps. It’s s impossible for me to see a vet, the closest one is 3 hours away and with no one to take me it’s s not possible. He’s 8 years old and has never gotten sick like this

 

[nuthatched]

8 is fairly old for a chicken. It could be the beginning of a canker.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is your last thread about him:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/concerned-about-my-rooster.1554106/

Could you take a picture where we could see the white bumps? Do it smell bad? White material inside the beak could be fungus or cancer. Yellowish to gray material with a rotten odor could be canker. Canker can be treated with Aqua Zole (metronidazole) which is found online. Dosage is 250 mg given orally daily for 5 days. Fungal infections may be treated with nystatin or Medistatin found online, and put into some water daily and given orally.

Is he eating and drinking okay? Is he swallowing or drooling? You said he was 6-7 earlier. Could you try and see a vet or farm vet for help?

 

[bella1234]

8 is fairly old for a chicken. It could be the beginning of a canker.

i think it might be canker, I looked just now and the white stuff has turned yellow. I gave him vetRX last night and a little today but Im guessing that wont help. (

 

[bella1234]

Here is your last thread about him:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/concerned-about-my-rooster.1554106/

Could you take a picture where we could see the white bumps? Do it smell bad? White material inside the beak could be fungus or cancer. Yellowish to gray material with a rotten odor could be canker. Canker can be treated with Aqua Zole (metronidazole) which is found online. Dosage is 250 mg given orally daily for 5 days. Fungal infections may be treated with nystatin or Medistatin found online, and put into some water daily and given orally.

Is he eating and drinking okay? Is he swallowing or drooling? You said he was 6-7 earlier. Could you try and see a vet or farm vet for help?

The white stuff turned yellow so im fairly certain its canker, he didnt eat yesterday only drank water. I’ll look into the Aqua Zole. Yes he will turn 8 this year and I've already called all the vets in San Jose CA and none of them see chickens unfortunately. thank you for your response

 

[Eggcessive]

Aqua Zole is available here and a few other sites:
https://www.heartlandvetsupply.com/...PDUwXnlqBlmTBf944btGO6-9T3F8sS50aAvHoEALw_wcB
Give orally 1 tablet daily for 5 or as many as 7 days.
Canker can spread in the throat to block the airway, and it can spread into the crop wall. It would help to separate him in a crate so that he uses separate food and water. Disinfect waterers and feeders. Some use acidified copper sulfate 1/4 tsp per gallon of water for 3 days a month to help the spread of canker, a contagious disease. Use only in a plastic waterer since it will corrode a metal one. Here is where to order it:
https://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/acidified_copper_sulfate.html

 

[nuthatched]

i think it might be canker, I looked just now and the white stuff has turned yellow. I gave him vetRX last night and a little today but Im guessing that wont help. (

Vet Rx isn't a medicine, it's just vapor rub for chickens.