Ilovemyduckkids
In the Brooder
- Jun 5, 2019
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I have a silkie rooster who’s maybe half a year old now, and today when I went into the coop he was acting strangely— he seemed to be trying to preen his chest aggressively, but there’s nothing wrong on the outside of his chest. I noticed he had poop in his eye so I brought him in to flush it out and inspect him, and after flushing his eye out I noticed a few things: he sometimes opens his mouth and sticks his tongue out almost as though he’s dehydrated(?) but won’t drink when offered water, and where he appeared to be trying to preen was where his crop is supposed to be but it’s hard to detect as he apparently hadn’t been eating enough grit.
I was rubbing/poking him there to see if he had any pain there and though he didn’t seem to express pain when touched there he slowly sat down as I rubbed him there so it seems to be an internal issue. Right now I have him in my lap and he seems calm but as he’d been doing since I found him, while he isn’t “preening” he’s sitting with his head explicitly upside down and won’t sit still if I try to move it upright. His eye also seems to possibly be infected from the poop that was in it as it formed pus or an “eye booger” which isn’t good either. Please help me asap if you can, I’m very worried about my poor baby boy.
I was rubbing/poking him there to see if he had any pain there and though he didn’t seem to express pain when touched there he slowly sat down as I rubbed him there so it seems to be an internal issue. Right now I have him in my lap and he seems calm but as he’d been doing since I found him, while he isn’t “preening” he’s sitting with his head explicitly upside down and won’t sit still if I try to move it upright. His eye also seems to possibly be infected from the poop that was in it as it formed pus or an “eye booger” which isn’t good either. Please help me asap if you can, I’m very worried about my poor baby boy.