Very sick roosters

[FolkSonginC]

I've been struggling to keep my beloved silkie rooster stable the past week as he has started to mysteriously decline. About a week ago, maybe a little longer, I noticed bright green poop in the coop and determined that it was coming from him. I read that this could be bile (?) because he's maybe not eating enough or not digesting food, or it could be a million other things, so I just started giving him electrolytes and probiotics and hand feeding him to make sure he was eating. He was also starting to slow down and not move around as much. He got a little worse in terms of lethargy but the green poop went away and then he stayed that way for about a week, I would take him out and use a syringe to give him fluids and then hand feed him, and a couple days ago he even seemed to be getting better and I noticed that he was eating and drinking on his own. I also dosed him with corid in case that could be the issue but the coop is generally clean, it's warm and dry here, and he's three years old, so it seems unlikely to me that it would be coccidiosis. Then this morning I opened the coop door and I honestly thought he was dead, he was laying down with his wing stretched out and his head down. He's alive but seems like he's a day away from death all of a sudden, he's just staying in one place with his head hanging down. What could this be/is there anything I can do?

On the other hand, this morning my other rooster (separate coop) didn't get out of the coop when I opened the door, and once he finally did he just stayed in one place and now he's just standing a little hunched up with his eyes closed. This is extremely frustrating as now it seems I'm dealing with two sick roosters and none of the hens have any symptoms. Could both roosters getting sick be connected in some way or just a really bad coincidence? They have never interacted or shared a coop but I guess I could have passed bad bacteria from one coop to another.

I'm not feeling very optimistic about either rooster but any help would be greatly appreciated, I've really been doing everything I could think of to save my silkie rooster because he is my favorite and first chicken and I'm very attached to him. I don't know if there's any way for him to come back from this at this point but I'm really hoping there's at least something I can try.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can you post some photos of the roosters and their poop?

How are they housed? Do they eat from the same feeder as the hens?
Have you noticed any mold in the feed? Could they have eaten anything rotten or toxic?
What do you feed?

 

[FolkSonginC]

Can you post some photos of the roosters and their poop?

How are they housed? Do they eat from the same feeder as the hens?
Have you noticed any mold in the feed? Could they have eaten anything rotten or toxic?
What do you feed?

They do eat the same feed as the hens, my big rooster eats layer with the rest of my standard hens and my silkie eats an all flock crumble or a layer crumble with the couple bantams that I have. I haven't noticed any mold or anything like that, I'm not sure how they could have eaten anything bad as they don't free range. Aside from the regular feed they get some greens, mealworms, the occasional hard boiled egg and sometimes I add a little bit of flax seed to their feed. Not sure what you mean about housing but their flocks both have coops that they get locked into at night, the silkie one is on the ground and both have good ventilation. I put DE in their coops as well to deter mites.

I will get some pictures of the roosters and their poop. I actually just went out and noticed more green poop in the silkie coop so apparently that symptom has come back. I don't think I will be able to get pictures of poop from my big rooster as there are too many hens in that coop to tell what came from what

 

[FolkSonginC]

Here are some pictures. The first one is the standard coop, it's just four hens and the rooster. The black rooster has started moving around a bit and eating/drinking so not showing symptoms in the pic but definitely something a little off. My silkie rooster is the white one and he was completely flopped on the ground when I went out but when I touched him he perked up and actually started eating which surprised me a lot. Then there's a pic of the green poop and the bantam space, just the three chickens in there.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Could they be overheating? What's your temperatures like?


I would work on hydrating both. Plain cool fresh water should be available at all times. You can make water with electrolytes available as well (have both).

 

[FolkSonginC]

Could they be overheating? What's your temperatures like?


I would work on hydrating both. Plain cool fresh water should be available at all times. You can make water with electrolytes available as well (have both).

It's actually pretty cool here, around 60 degrees and hasn't gotten hotter than 70. They both have fresh plain water but I'm not sure if my silkie has been drinking on his own so a couple times a day I take him out and syringe some alternating between plain and electrolyte water so he gets both. Fingers crossed they can fight off whatever it is. Do you know what might be the cause of the green poop?