Sick rooster

[nightowl223]

It was probably 2 months ago now we had my bantam then what threw me off was it has just been the roosters to be sick none of my hens are getting sick, and his was something respiratory he sounded horrible and had green and yellow coming from his nose

That's almost certainly a completely different disease, more likely one of the bad respiratory diseases chickens can get.

 

[Sruff0429]

I second the All Flock and free choice oyster shell (though you can crush and bake eggshells to offer them, instead), and the full 7 day dosage of Corid. I completely agree.

Thank y’all so much I will update with pictures tomorrow morning

 

[Sruff0429]

That's almost certainly a completely different disease, more likely one of the bad respiratory diseases chickens can get.

It was horrible and he was a massive rooster and so pretty

 

[Sruff0429]

Graffiti pic but woke up to the big rooster dead still have no clue what’s going on

 

[Sruff0429]

My bantam looks the same this morning still up and about but his comb still isn’t all the way up like it was

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Graffiti pic but woke up to the big rooster dead still have no clue what’s going on

My bantam looks the same this morning still up and about but his comb still isn’t all the way up like it was

I'm sorry to hear about the big rooster

Do you happen to still have the body? If you do, then sending it to your state lab at Clemson would be a good idea. This will give you some answers to what is going on.

In the photo of him, it looks like he had pus in his eye ?
Your bantam rooster looks to have mucous in his nostrils.
Likely you are dealing with a respiratory disease, but which one, it would be hard to know. Your daughter's rooster died from respiratory disease as well correct?
Mycoplasma, Infectious Coryza, ILT and Infectious Bronchitis are a few of the more common respiratory diseases. There is currently an outbreak of Newcastle in certain areas of California and I think it may be in a couple of other states too. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

With most respiratory diseases, birds can be carriers for life and the disease can be easily spread from bird to bird, through dust/dander and in certain ones, it's passed along in the eggs to the embryo of hatching eggs. Your hens may have resistance or they may be the carriers if they have never showed symptoms - did the hens come from a different place than the rooster(s)?
It would be important to know what you have if you are planning on breeding. Especially if your plans including selling and/or showing, you don't want to sell or show sick birds.

Some respiratory diseases are bacterial - Mycoplasma does respond fairly well to antibiotic treatment - Tylan50 is used for respiratory disease, this can be found at TSC. Infectious Coryza is bacterial, but sulfa antibiotics are a more effective drug to use for that. Infectious Bronchitis and ILT are viruses, so they have to run their course - antibiotic treatment of Tylan50 can help with secondary infection.

Here's a link to your Clemson lab https://www.clemson.edu/public/lph/cvdc/index.html

 

[Sruff0429]

The hen that is with nugget my bantam has been with him since we got them they were a pair as for the other we just got him last weekend. That’s why I have been confused because nugget and his hen along with the other girls all came from the same place the 2 roosters have been from somewhere different. My husbands biting the bullet pay day and taking him to the vet to figure it out since I have so much invested in him. It’s like we clean the coops and get everything set and as soon as we get another rooster it’s sick within a week or so. I’m beyond frustrated, and none of there poop is different from the others the only difference is nugget is eating, drinking, and now acting normal as to where the other to were over night like this

 

[Wyorp Rock]

The hen that is with nugget my bantam has been with him since we got them they were a pair as for the other we just got him last weekend. That’s why I have been confused because nugget and his hen along with the other girls all came from the same place the 2 roosters have been from somewhere different. My husbands biting the bullet pay day and taking him to the vet to figure it out since I have so much invested in him. It’s like we clean the coops and get everything set and as soon as we get another rooster it’s sick within a week or so. I’m beyond frustrated, and none of there poop is different from the others the only difference is nugget is eating, drinking, and now acting normal as to where the other to were over night like this

Well, that's the tricky thing with respiratory diseases.
Stress of move/to new home can bring out symptoms. I would try to get some testing.

Some vets are more knowledgeable about poultry diseases than others, you may want to make sure your vet deals with poultry.

 

[Sruff0429]

Well, that's the tricky thing with respiratory diseases.
Stress of move/to new home can bring out symptoms. I would try to get some testing.

Some vets are more knowledgeable about poultry diseases than others, you may want to make sure your vet deals with poultry.

He was here 2 weeks before getting sick and today looks worse than yesterday and I can’t get him to a vet til next week. He’s eating sand right now so idk what that’s about

 

[Sruff0429]

He was looking good yesterday took him off the antibiotic after 4 days and now he’s getting sicker again