There's something wrong with my rooster please help!!!!!!!!

Jul 9, 2024
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This is my 2 and a half year old rooster Maverick. He has a weird bald spot on his back.
He's super weak and he can't stand on his right leg but there is no injury visible but he can't stand on it. He is super lousy!
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Please helpppp
 
Get him drinking some water with electolytes or a bit of sugar, 1 tsp per cup. Is he overheated? Get him into a cooler shady spot. Do you have other roosters? Could he have been attacked by a predator? His feather s may have been pulled out by chicken or a dog, hawk, raccoon, or other predator.
 
There's no damage to the pen or any of the other chickens, so I think it had to be one of the other chickens that pulled out his feathers.
Yes, probably one of the other roosters. Did you gve him sugar water as advised? That's good for shock when a bird has been injured. You say he's not using one leg but you don't see an injury. He could be bruised and you don't see it yet. Part his feathers, look at his skin. Chickens bruise green. The sugar water should perk him up and then he can drink. Once he is hydrated he may eat. Offer him his regular food but wet it down so it is kind of soupy like oatmeal. That will help hydrate him.
 
When a rooster gets beat by another rooster they can get very depressed, give up and even die even if their injuries are not that severe. Start with the sugar water and see if you can get him to eat later. You may have to rehome him into another flock without other roosters or otherwise separate him, that's my opinion.

@Mrs. K what do you think?
 

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