- Oct 7, 2011
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I have a rather brave rooster that got in over his head with our dog. The dog is very gentle and was only defending himself as he does not bother any other animal that we have ever had. The rooster was attacking him...again...and the dog pretty much accidentally held the rooster down, but did not shake him or anything like that.
I got the dog off the rooster. A few minutes later the rooster walked out from underneath the deck, and went out of the fence in the drive way, and a little later even decided to jump one of the hens...so I thought he was ok.
However..yesterday night he was in the barn corner hiding? I moved him around some and just cannot find anything that looks like a serious injury. The dog was not trying to kill the rooster but simply keep him off him. But the dog weighs around 90 pounds and, well, is a dog.
So I don't know if the rooster has just given up or maybe has internal injuries, but I don't want him to just continue laying in the barn suffering if he is going to die. He is, for the most part not responding to me. I have gone out several times trying to get him to drink some water. I picked him up and took him out into the sunshine to try and get him to snap out of it if it is only a matter of him being upset about having lost a fight or something.
But he has his eyes closed, will not open them(they are not injured) and he just lays there with his mouth a little open, and eyes closed, not really responding much to me.
Gee I hate to loose him but would rather have him put down that let him suffer. We have doctored another rooster back from much worse.
Oh, and where I moved him in the barn..he pooped, yellow/green diarrhea...is that a sign of possible internal injuries that I cannot see from the outside?
I don't want to loose him, can't afford much in the way of medicines, don't want him to suffer....not sure if he has just decided to give up...I don't know what to do, I just don't want him to suffer though
I got the dog off the rooster. A few minutes later the rooster walked out from underneath the deck, and went out of the fence in the drive way, and a little later even decided to jump one of the hens...so I thought he was ok.
However..yesterday night he was in the barn corner hiding? I moved him around some and just cannot find anything that looks like a serious injury. The dog was not trying to kill the rooster but simply keep him off him. But the dog weighs around 90 pounds and, well, is a dog.
So I don't know if the rooster has just given up or maybe has internal injuries, but I don't want him to just continue laying in the barn suffering if he is going to die. He is, for the most part not responding to me. I have gone out several times trying to get him to drink some water. I picked him up and took him out into the sunshine to try and get him to snap out of it if it is only a matter of him being upset about having lost a fight or something.
But he has his eyes closed, will not open them(they are not injured) and he just lays there with his mouth a little open, and eyes closed, not really responding much to me.
Gee I hate to loose him but would rather have him put down that let him suffer. We have doctored another rooster back from much worse.
Oh, and where I moved him in the barn..he pooped, yellow/green diarrhea...is that a sign of possible internal injuries that I cannot see from the outside?
I don't want to loose him, can't afford much in the way of medicines, don't want him to suffer....not sure if he has just decided to give up...I don't know what to do, I just don't want him to suffer though