Sick rooster

[Wolfsbane]

So I found one of my one-year-old roosters all lethargic and slow the other day, his face was all puffy so I pulled him out of the flock right away, I suspected a respiratory problem since his father and brother get this as well but usually a bit of peppermint essential oil clear it right up.

He is a 1-year-old rooster named Albus, his face is still a bit puffy and his eyes look slanted and pupils look very strange to me. He does not seem able to see very well and when I try to feed him yogurt by dipping his beak into it he will drink a bit but then suddenly start thrashing as though in pain.

He was raised by my silkie hen Levy and her daughter Cocoa and was handled a lot so he's always been super sweet and easy to handle till he got sick, I checked him for lice and found a few but I dust them regularly and clean the coop often so he's not infested or anything and just the day before he was sick he was running around with the others like normal.

Also, the area down his throat and chest is bald however and no matter what I do the feathers don't seem to grow back, his father and brother have this same problem.

If anyone has any suggestions I would be very grateful, bringing him to a vet is not an option as I have yet to find anyone who will look at a chicken in my area also I live in Canada and we seem not to have as many chicken safe products for sale here as those in the states have.

 

[Wolfsbane]

Also, I have had two other roosters who's eyes were completely swollen up and full of liquid but they are both fine now and this does not look at all the same as Albus can open his eyes still and they look clear but the pupil looks really large and his eyes seem slanted.

 

[Squishychicken]

Pics?

 

[Wolfsbane]

Pics?

I have a few but my internet is currently running to slow to upload them since it's raining outside, I'll try again in a bit.

 

[Wolfsbane]

 

[Wolfsbane]

UPDATE: He is getting more and more off balance and his head is starting to twist to the one side, I'm thinking maybe wry neck?

 

[featherhead007]

Is he fighting with the others, maybe?

 

[Wolfsbane]

Is he fighting with the others, maybe?

The roosters don't fight to often, he did get in a fight and got all scratches up about a week ago with a rooster from a diffeent pen when it escaped but I haven't noticed any fighting since.

 

[featherhead007]

Possible some infection then.

 

[Eggcessive]

It sounds like you are dealing with a chronic respiratory disease in your flock. Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) or coyrza are the two that usually cause facial swelling. Coryza stinks, and causes thick nasal secretions and more severe symptoms. Tylan or tylosin, or Denagard ordered online or from a vet will treat MG. Coryza may be treated with sulfa drugs. These diseases make carriers of the whole flock, and you can eventually get it out of the flock when these birds are all gone. Then wait several weeks to get new healthy chicks, perhaps from a hatchery.