What’s wrong with this roo?

[Linam05]

I went in to the rooster coop tonight to give them some scratch and protein and noticed this guy in the corner.
He was fine yesterday. Today he is having troubles walking, his comb is pale and he keeps doing this weird stomping? Checked his feet and legs no injuries? No other symptoms?

 

[nuthatched]

Looks like he's lost his balance, what does he eat including treats? His age?
That injury on his head, is that just superficial?

 

[Linam05]

Looks like he's lost his balance, what does he eat including treats? His age?
That injury on his head, is that just superficial?

Trying to upload another video but that’s exactly how it seems. Like he can’t balance? And then keeps stomping his foot and looking sideways?

Superficial - he got a little frostbite last week on his comb.

 

[Linam05]

Trying to upload another video but that’s exactly how it seems. Like he can’t balance? And then keeps stomping his foot and looking sideways?

Superficial - he got a little frostbite last week on his comb.

He eats a 16% protein chicken feed from our local store, gets 36% protein supplement as a treat once a week, black oil sunflower seed and scratch. Had some peppers this week and dried mealworms last night.

 

[Linam05]

 

[azygous]

He seems to be experiencing leg weakness. It can be from hypothermia, starvation, a vitamin deficiency, or he could be becoming symptomatic with an avian virus. The symptoms match all those.

Try treating for the most simple and probable first. Give him a cup of warm water with a teaspoon of sugar mixed in with a pinch of salt and baking soda. You can quadruple the recipe and let all of the flock drink it as it won't harm them. If this is hypothermia or starvation, this will improve the symptoms in just hours.

The next easiest to treat is vitamin deficiency. A vitamin B-2 and 12 deficiency will produce leg weakness and I would toss in vitamin E and a sliver of selenium in case there's an E deficiency causing neurological symptoms. Give the B in a B-complex to cover all the B vitamins. You get them and the E any place they sell people vitamins. Give a B-tablet and E capsule directly into the beak. He won't choke. Symptoms should start to improve in around two to four weeks.

If his symptoms worsen after these treatments, then you may be looking at an avian virus such as Marek's or lymphoid leucosis.

 

[Linam05]

He seems to be experiencing leg weakness. It can be from hypothermia, starvation, a vitamin deficiency, or he could be becoming symptomatic with an avian virus. The symptoms match all those.

Try treating for the most simple and probable first. Give him a cup of warm water with a teaspoon of sugar mixed in with a pinch of salt and baking soda. You can quadruple the recipe and let all of the flock drink it as it won't harm them. If this is hypothermia or starvation, this will improve the symptoms in just hours.

The next easiest to treat is vitamin deficiency. A vitamin B-2 and 12 deficiency will produce leg weakness and I would toss in vitamin E and a sliver of selenium in case there's an E deficiency causing neurological symptoms. Give the B in a B-complex to cover all the B vitamins. You get them and the E any place they sell people vitamins. Give a B-tablet and E capsule directly into the beak. He won't choke. Symptoms should start to improve in around two to four weeks.

If his symptoms worsen after these treatments, then you may be looking at an avian virus such as Marek's or lymphoid leucosis.

Thank you!!!!! I will try this and see

 

[azygous]

I failed to mention the vitamins have to be given daily.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I went in to the rooster coop tonight to give them some scratch and protein and noticed this guy in the corner.
He was fine yesterday. Today he is having troubles walking, his comb is pale and he keeps doing this weird stomping? Checked his feet and legs no injuries? No other symptoms?

He's in with a bunch of roosters.
Separate him out and give him care. Likely he's been injured somehow.
Looks to me like leg injury. I agree, I'd administer vitamin support. Check him over for bruising and swelling of the legs/joints.