All my quail girls ceased laying around early October and my Roos stopped crowing, not too surprising as I know sunlight affects their hormones and by extension somewhat of their behavior.
Except in early November Saffron “one of the denizens of the bro coop “Roos only” started crowing again...
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And did those droppings on the roof test positive for bird flu or did you just know somehow?
I’m sorry for your loss but your bird most likely died from complications of her foot infection and it was unrelated to bird flu which I hope comes as a relief and something less to stress about...
It was summer and for reasons the crew got a day off work.
For reasons known only to yourself you chose not to tell your wife, instead you chose to pretend you still had work and instead left for the river to “hang out with the bros” which is where you took numerous pics of yourself and your...
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If you can add some probiotics and nutritional yeast to his diet, once bad bacteria has been cleared out it’s best to occupy all that free real estate with good bacteria so something nasty doesn’t take up residency.
Is a vet an option?
Two things jump to mind with what you described, the first being a serious respiratory illness, the second a serious gastrointestinal issue, an obstruction, parasite, or infection causing malnutrition and a swollen lower intestine.
It does look like the lower jaw is broken. If it was just a crack in the keratin it wouldn’t be much to worry about but the crack that travels down the jawbone you’re right to worry about.
I wish I could give advice but I haven’t seen something this severe, I think it’s best to have a vet clean...
That looks like it may be a tendon issue. You can try to splint it, the sooner you do the better the prognosis but sometimes in many cases it doesn’t work out so it’s best to prepare yourself for that possibility.
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