Of course my chicken became ill ON the weekend AFTER a snow storm when the vet is closed.
He's a 2 yo bantam cochin. He's normally semi-aggressive, stays with the hens during the day, but prefers to sleep alone in a pet carrier at night. Yesterday my DH told me he wasn't in attack mode as he normally is when he went to put him up for the night. This am DH came in and told there was something wrong. Buppy was lethargic, drinking alot of water and his comb is puffy and angrily red and hot. I brought him in the house and right now he's just standing there. He ate a little bit of english muffin and some scrambled egg. There's obviously something wrong but i have no idea what it could be. He did feel like he's lost a little weight too. When I ran my hands over him to feel his crop (which is small and squishy) he follows my hands with his beak as if grooming and preening.
I put some tertracycline in his water and gave him a dose of a Itraconazole that we had when we had another sick roo (who passed last year from a fungal infection). Any one of you seasoned chicken owners know what this could be? Do his symptoms present in a way that may be familiar to you? He's our favorite roo and it kills me to think he's sick and I can't get him any help because of this blasted snow.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
ETA: He free ranges in our yard constantly supervised. He's had no unusual treats. His sleep box has pine shavings in it. His poop is kind of watery. Not sure of weight..maybe 5 pounds? No trauma noted. Has only crowed about 4 times so far today which is VERY unusual.
He's a 2 yo bantam cochin. He's normally semi-aggressive, stays with the hens during the day, but prefers to sleep alone in a pet carrier at night. Yesterday my DH told me he wasn't in attack mode as he normally is when he went to put him up for the night. This am DH came in and told there was something wrong. Buppy was lethargic, drinking alot of water and his comb is puffy and angrily red and hot. I brought him in the house and right now he's just standing there. He ate a little bit of english muffin and some scrambled egg. There's obviously something wrong but i have no idea what it could be. He did feel like he's lost a little weight too. When I ran my hands over him to feel his crop (which is small and squishy) he follows my hands with his beak as if grooming and preening.
I put some tertracycline in his water and gave him a dose of a Itraconazole that we had when we had another sick roo (who passed last year from a fungal infection). Any one of you seasoned chicken owners know what this could be? Do his symptoms present in a way that may be familiar to you? He's our favorite roo and it kills me to think he's sick and I can't get him any help because of this blasted snow.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
ETA: He free ranges in our yard constantly supervised. He's had no unusual treats. His sleep box has pine shavings in it. His poop is kind of watery. Not sure of weight..maybe 5 pounds? No trauma noted. Has only crowed about 4 times so far today which is VERY unusual.
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