Sudden and rather concerning behaviour change in rooster

[Wyorp Rock]

His poop isn’t good but to be honest it never was. He has watery poop greenish in color sometimes with little red or light brown in it.
Also I noticed his butt is getting dirty with poop I’m not sure why.

He was molting like a month ago but only on his head, it got him extremely weak too. He doesn’t look like molting at this time.
I already checked for parasites and dewormed my flock.

The photos are from today?

What did you deworm with (product, dose and duration)?

Any chance he ate moldy feed?
Enteritis comes to mind.

 

[ll44]

The photos are from today?

What did you deworm with (product, dose and duration)?

Any chance he ate moldy feed?
Enteritis comes to mind.

Yeah the photos are recent.
I don’t think he ate anything spoiled and I dewormed them with something similar to Sulfacox in my country and the dosing was 3 days on 3 days off and again 3 days on diluted in the water.

 

[aart]

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[centrarchid]

Check his weight. Based on picture alone he looks anemic and underweight. Ground is a bit cold to be picking up worm burden. Follow @Wyorp Rock 's line on dewormer approach. Also consider possibility of hardware disease where he consumed something that is lodged in lining of digestive tract and causing infection. The greenish fecal coloration in a sick bird indicates to me infection of digestive tract, especially the lower part (small intestine, large instestine, cecum).

He's not going to roost indicates he is getting very weak.

To promote intake I would wet his feed so it is like peanut butter. That often improves palatability. To help compensate for anemic issue I would supplement water with electrolytes and IRON using a product like rooster booster.

Move him to a thermally neutral environment or at least one that does not get as cold. That will allow him to divert more feed energy to repairs rather than staying warm.

 

[ll44]

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[ll44]

Check his weight. Based on picture alone he looks anemic and underweight. Ground is a bit cold to be picking up worm burden. Follow @Wyorp Rock 's line on dewormer approach. Also consider possibility of hardware disease where he consumed something that is lodged in lining of digestive tract and causing infection. The greenish fecal coloration in a sick bird indicates to me infection of digestive tract, especially the lower part (small intestine, large instestine, cecum).

He's not going to roost indicates he is getting very weak.

To promote intake I would wet his feed so it is like peanut butter. That often improves palatability. To help compensate for anemic issue I would supplement water with electrolytes and IRON using a product like rooster booster.

Move him to a thermally neutral environment or at least one that does not get as cold. That will allow him to divert more feed energy to repairs rather than staying warm.

Thank you will try, he had weird poop since I got him and also he is really small, wondering if he survived coccidiosis and got permanently damaged… anyway I think this might be some parasites because another hen started acting very similar even snoozing a lot but I can’t see any, will try to discuss it with my vet tomorrow

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yeah the photos are recent.
I don’t think he ate anything spoiled and I dewormed them with something similar to Sulfacox in my country and the dosing was 3 days on 3 days off and again 3 days on diluted in the water.

Thank you will try, he had weird poop since I got him and also he is really small, wondering if he survived coccidiosis and got permanently damaged… anyway I think this might be some parasites because another hen started acting very similar even snoozing a lot but I can’t see any, will try to discuss it with my vet tomorrow

Hopefully you will be able to discuss his condition with the vet.

Coccidiosis can cause damage to the intestines.
My limited knowledge of something like Sulfacox would treat Coccidiosis and possibly certain infections depending on the active ingredients, however it would not treat worms, so if the vet can run a fecal float to see if he would benefit from deworming, that would be good.

I'd work on him eating well, getting some probiotics and vitamins into him. For probiotics you can used purchased ones, but I've found my birds love a little Buttermilk stirred into their feed. A good quality plain yogurt could be used too.

Let us know how he's doing.

 

[ll44]

Hopefully you will be able to discuss his condition with the vet.

Coccidiosis can cause damage to the intestines.
My limited knowledge of something like Sulfacox would treat Coccidiosis and possibly certain infections depending on the active ingredients, however it would not treat worms, so if the vet can run a fecal float to see if he would benefit from deworming, that would be good.

I'd work on him eating well, getting some probiotics and vitamins into him. For probiotics you can used purchased ones, but I've found my birds love a little Buttermilk stirred into their feed. A good quality plain yogurt could be used too.

Let us know how he's doing.

Thank you for your effort, I tried everything I could but I found him dead just an hour ago… first death in my flock, I loved him so much he was the best boy really

 

[Folly's place]

I'm so sorry for your loss, it's just hard any time.
You might want to have a post mortem exam done, to find out what caused his illness.
Mary

 

[SmiYa0126]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your nice roo.