MMelton67
Chirping
I've got another thread about coccidiosis but since that has been ruled out I need help with this guy.
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Yesterday morning I went out to move the flock from the inside space to outside for the day as I have been for almost two weeks now. The birds are in their 6th week. I have been treating for Coccidiosis for the previous 10 days (ending on the 30th) and all seemed fine. Yesterday morning I went out to move the flock from the inside space to outside for the day as I have been for almost two weeks now. And saw blood spatter on the concrete. I immediately started looking for a bird that had been bullied or possibly a rat or something that had gotten in. I immediately found my accidental male to be suffering from something. He was bloody and white froth around his vent and something was sticking out of it...or so it seemed. I immediately pulled him from the group and put him back in a brooder by himself and gave him fresh water. He did take the water. I put gloves on and went to trying to clean up what I was thinking was a pasty butt situation and realized that what was sticking out was fleshy. Like his cloaca was prolapsed? or something was prolapsed? I had just located a vet in town that said they could do a fecal float even though they normally don't work on fowl. So, I gathered a sample and went in with it. Along with that and the pictures I'd taken the doc sent me home with some penicillin shots to give him. The doc called a couple hours later and said the fecal test showed no coccidia or worms. So, he feels it's some sort of bacterial infection.
Pics from yesterday:
Bloody floor
His vent, yesterday
His face/beak. I think I saw some blood in his mouth.
I was instructed to give the shot into the breast area, either intramuscular or subcutaneous would work according to the vet. When I went to do that I discovered his right breast area to be swollen and obviously filled with fluid. Here's two pics but not sure how obvious it looks in it.
warning graphic images below the description.
Yesterday morning I went out to move the flock from the inside space to outside for the day as I have been for almost two weeks now. The birds are in their 6th week. I have been treating for Coccidiosis for the previous 10 days (ending on the 30th) and all seemed fine. Yesterday morning I went out to move the flock from the inside space to outside for the day as I have been for almost two weeks now. And saw blood spatter on the concrete. I immediately started looking for a bird that had been bullied or possibly a rat or something that had gotten in. I immediately found my accidental male to be suffering from something. He was bloody and white froth around his vent and something was sticking out of it...or so it seemed. I immediately pulled him from the group and put him back in a brooder by himself and gave him fresh water. He did take the water. I put gloves on and went to trying to clean up what I was thinking was a pasty butt situation and realized that what was sticking out was fleshy. Like his cloaca was prolapsed? or something was prolapsed? I had just located a vet in town that said they could do a fecal float even though they normally don't work on fowl. So, I gathered a sample and went in with it. Along with that and the pictures I'd taken the doc sent me home with some penicillin shots to give him. The doc called a couple hours later and said the fecal test showed no coccidia or worms. So, he feels it's some sort of bacterial infection.
Pics from yesterday:
Bloody floor
His vent, yesterday
His face/beak. I think I saw some blood in his mouth.
I was instructed to give the shot into the breast area, either intramuscular or subcutaneous would work according to the vet. When I went to do that I discovered his right breast area to be swollen and obviously filled with fluid. Here's two pics but not sure how obvious it looks in it.
