- Sep 15, 2015
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Hello. I searched the internet and this site high and low. Posted on chicken FB page. NO ANSWERS Please, I am desperately hoping someone here will recognize these symptoms and shed some light on this lingering problem.
We have a rooster that is approx 3 years old. He is an Araucana. He has a flock of approx 10 girls he was guarding and taking care of diligently. Approx 6 months ago we noticed he seemed wobbly. Off balance. We brought him in and treated with vitamins, checked for bumble foot, gave him a bath.
He was kept by himself for a couple weeks. Nothing helped. He seemed to be getting VERY depressed. I know this is probably not the best ting but I let him back with his flock to die a happy man. Well, he never died.
We continued to supplement the flock water with vitamins. We offer grower feed in addition to the layer feed the rest of the flock ate. He showed some signs of improvement but it seems to have waxed and waned. He is still alive. Eats, drinks and runs with his flock. He is just weak. Wobbly, off balance. The girls get all the snacks unless we throw them right at him. He no longer gives the girls his snacks, he wants them. They just steal them. He still gets on the roost at night.
I do not believe it is merks. His eyes look normal, no diarrhea, no weird leg thing, no wing things, no neck thing. He can semi stand to scratch himself but stumbles and falls off balance. He did go through a heavy molt around the time it started but is long past that now.
He has been like this for a long time. Can anyone shed some light on this?
We have a rooster that is approx 3 years old. He is an Araucana. He has a flock of approx 10 girls he was guarding and taking care of diligently. Approx 6 months ago we noticed he seemed wobbly. Off balance. We brought him in and treated with vitamins, checked for bumble foot, gave him a bath.
He was kept by himself for a couple weeks. Nothing helped. He seemed to be getting VERY depressed. I know this is probably not the best ting but I let him back with his flock to die a happy man. Well, he never died.
We continued to supplement the flock water with vitamins. We offer grower feed in addition to the layer feed the rest of the flock ate. He showed some signs of improvement but it seems to have waxed and waned. He is still alive. Eats, drinks and runs with his flock. He is just weak. Wobbly, off balance. The girls get all the snacks unless we throw them right at him. He no longer gives the girls his snacks, he wants them. They just steal them. He still gets on the roost at night.
I do not believe it is merks. His eyes look normal, no diarrhea, no weird leg thing, no wing things, no neck thing. He can semi stand to scratch himself but stumbles and falls off balance. He did go through a heavy molt around the time it started but is long past that now.
He has been like this for a long time. Can anyone shed some light on this?