Sick Rooster.. HELP

[dcaple001]

.is his vent clear and what do current dropping look like.. Sounds like he's gone downhill more since yesterday?? So sorry, how is he now?

Attached picture of today’s droppings. Might be TMI but maybe someone can give me answers??

He is still very puny, but I made him some scrambled eggs and he actually ate that. He didn’t seem to interested in any actually chicken food I tried to give him.

 

[AidKD]

what is DE that you suggested?

DE is Diatomaceous Earth. It's ground up fossils and it kills parasites. It's a debated thing on weather it works or not. Using an excess of any kind of powdery anything is bound to give someone lung problems. Since some parasites are microscopic and the fossils are ground up so well, the teeny tiny shards of it work to slice up parasites... do not worry though... it will not hurt your chicken since they are much bigger. You'll have to put it in the coop after you clean it for a couple of weeks for it to really take care of parasites and their eggs. Hope this helps!

 

[AidKD]

Attached picture of today’s droppings. Might be TMI but maybe someone can give me answers??

He is still very puny, but I made him some scrambled eggs and he actually ate that. He didn’t seem to interested in any actually chicken food I tried to give him.

I would suggest to keep giving him the eggs. Some food is better than none. Have you tried putting any kind of probiotic in them?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

DE is Diatomaceous Earth. It's ground up fossils and it kills parasites. It's a debated thing on weather it works or not. Using an excess of any kind of powdery anything is bound to give someone lung problems. Since some parasites are microscopic and the fossils are ground up so well, the teeny tiny shards of it work to slice up parasites... do not worry though... it will not hurt your chicken since they are much bigger. You'll have to put it in the coop after you clean it for a couple of weeks for it to really take care of parasites and their eggs. Hope this helps!

I would suggest to keep giving him the eggs. Some food is better than none. Have you tried putting any kind of probiotic in them?

DE is indeed fossilized diatom's with works to rub off the waxy coating and kill SOME parasites in SOME environments.. humidity or wetness render it ineffective. It's completely useless in my location against anything.

Eggs being 64% and only 34% protein but virtually zero carbohydrates is fine as a SHORT term pick me up or treat.. but do realize that chickens aren't as stupid as folks make them out to be and they WILL train you. They are highly palatable and nutritious, and easily digestible. So a good choice when not done in excess..

If DE won't hurt you chickens because they are much bigger and that logic works... then lice, mites, intestinal worms, coccidia protozoa, fungus and botulinum or other bacteria or viruses would also not be an issue for the birds. Sorry, that logic doesn't pass the sniff test.

I don't mean to pick on you and have no personal issue with you, so sorry if comes across like that. We are all here to learn, share, and discuss this stuff.. hopefully with an open mind.. which still won't result in us all agreeing on everything. Thank you for participating and trying to help another in need!

Try not to worry about his puniness. Or start taking weights and get some solid numbers to see if he's going up, down, or maintaining. Remember if he fills up on eggs he cannot and will not eat more chicken feed. They only eat to meet a certain energy (caloric) need to maintain their body size and activity level.. less active birds consume less feed than super active ones.. Sometimes when working with a bird under the weather.. adding a little water to make the feed a mash offers a little something different for enrichment plus gives hydration at the same time.. and I even saw studies that prewetting the food (not fermenting) gives better overall digestion/absorption as compared to dry feed.

That doesn't look like what I consider normal droppings. But I'm not clued in to any thing that me indicated therein. I still would suggest getting a float done if he appears to be getting worse if possible.

Yes, I see the feather disarray.. it's either molting or parasites, or maybe both. But did you see anything crawling when you checked. The only other time that's seen is if there has been bullying or fighting, but I haven't heard any comments that direction.. do you have more roosters he might be having it out with? Then there would likely be some scabs on the comb area.. so this is not currently suspect from what I have gathered so far.

 

[dcaple001]

I would suggest to keep giving him the eggs. Some food is better than none. Have you tried putting any kind of probiotic in them?

I have been giving him scrambled eggs and he really likes them. I have sometimes been adding garlic and B12 to the eggs but I have not given probiotics in eggs

 

[dcaple001]

I don't mean to pick on you and have no personal issue with you, so sorry if comes across like that. We are all here to learn, share, and discuss this stuff.. hopefully with an open mind.. which still won't result in us all agreeing on everything. .

But did you see anything crawling when you checked. ...... do you have more roosters he might be having it out with? Then there would likely be some scabs on the comb area.. so this is not currently suspect from what I have gathered so far.

No thank you for any input I am open to any and all suggestion because I am completely lost on this. This forum has helped me so much!!

He is the only rooster with 8 hens. I saw nothing crawling on him when I checked, but did see a few new pin feathers coming in is all.

 

[dcaple001]

Very sad to report, Bubblegum went to Rooster heaven today

Thank you to everyone that has given suggestions over the last week, I still have no true answers to what was wrong but unfortunately no matter what... he was too far gone.

 

[Vickischics]

Im so sorry about your "Bubblegum"
He looked like a sweet boy. I wish you could find out why he passed.
That's too sad

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

I'm so sorry!

 

[Jt and Chicks]

I'm so sorry. I feel bad I couldn't help you much. Mabry you could take him to the vet to have a test run to make sure whatever he had isn't contagios.