- Nov 5, 2014
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Hello guys. We’ve been in the middle of a winter storm here this week. I went out to the bantam coop to find my 6 year old rooster Little Bleu (blue and white silkie) half dead. He was lethargic, hunched over, and wobbly when he walked, not to mention shivering. His crop was also empty in the middle of the day.
We had a flock of 7 bantams that we adored for the the last several years. I didn’t know at the time to buy good stock and they came with issues. They have had a popping sound coming from their tummies when they breathe their whole life long, as well as depluming mites. These have both been incurable despite visiting vets, getting antibiotics, prescriptions, and trying everything under the sun. They otherwise seem pretty happy and we’ve just let them live out their days.
One of our other bantam hens, Paisley (black Cochin) passed away 6 weeks ago. She had the weird white diarrhea too, yet hers was complicated with a crop issue. She was my healthiest bantam hen until this point.
Little Bleu passed away last night after having what I think was a stroke. He had weird pure white diarrhea for a few days before-hand. I was feeding him scrambled eggs, ground beef from our families ranch, and his regular feed with grit. I gave him extra protein so he could more easily fight. His body just wasn’t able to bounce back this time.
Now I’m noticing Penelope (our 1 bantam left, red frizzle) has the weirdest poops I’ve ever seen. She seems otherwise well besides the same popping sound coming from her tummy area when she breathes that the rest of my bantams had all these years. Any advice will be very much appreciate! I have no idea what to do at this point!
We have already had a fecal done for both Paisley and Bleu, and both came up negative with no transferable disease present.
We had a flock of 7 bantams that we adored for the the last several years. I didn’t know at the time to buy good stock and they came with issues. They have had a popping sound coming from their tummies when they breathe their whole life long, as well as depluming mites. These have both been incurable despite visiting vets, getting antibiotics, prescriptions, and trying everything under the sun. They otherwise seem pretty happy and we’ve just let them live out their days.
One of our other bantam hens, Paisley (black Cochin) passed away 6 weeks ago. She had the weird white diarrhea too, yet hers was complicated with a crop issue. She was my healthiest bantam hen until this point.
Little Bleu passed away last night after having what I think was a stroke. He had weird pure white diarrhea for a few days before-hand. I was feeding him scrambled eggs, ground beef from our families ranch, and his regular feed with grit. I gave him extra protein so he could more easily fight. His body just wasn’t able to bounce back this time.
Now I’m noticing Penelope (our 1 bantam left, red frizzle) has the weirdest poops I’ve ever seen. She seems otherwise well besides the same popping sound coming from her tummy area when she breathes that the rest of my bantams had all these years. Any advice will be very much appreciate! I have no idea what to do at this point!
We have already had a fecal done for both Paisley and Bleu, and both came up negative with no transferable disease present.