heatherdevito1
Songster
- Jan 21, 2021
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I have two indoor house chickens who are extremely bonded. One is a naked neck silkie hen and the other is Americana Rooster. This is who I refer to as the reluctant rooster. He didn't crow until he was over 8 months old and he crows once every two weeks or so. Q-Tip, our naked neck, is recovering from wry neck right now which is taking up quite a bit of our time and during her illness, I noticed that Einstein, our rooster, has stopped eating, has become lethargic, and doesn't come out of the tub. They have a very specific routine everyday. These two are absolutely inseparable! Q-Tip exits the tub first, squawking her way to the living room with Einstein right behind. He hasn't left the tub since she became ill. I've taken him out but he's so lethargic and weak that he wobbles and falls over. His comb is red, but his comb has always flopped over his eye so it's hard to tell if it's droopier than usual. He's underweight and I've been trying to feed him scrambled eggs, black oiled sunflower seeds, spinach and carrot scrambled eggs, anything he used to love to try to get him to eat. He takes a few bites then collapses again. He hasn't crowed in weeks but he's still drinking water, just not eating. I'm so afraid he's not going to make it, and between the two of them now, I wonder if maybe he's just so upset that Q-Tip is sick that he has given up. Q-Tip is getting better everyday but he just seems to have given up. He was originally brought inside because he started limping and he's such a docile rooster, he was being picked on. The vet gave him a long-acting antibiotic to due some inflammation around his leg joint and a few days later, his tail puffed up and he crowed for the first time. His limp had gotten better but now he's just in a bad way all-around. I've also added rooster booster to his water and gave him some poly-visol to get him some nutrients.
Can anyone give me some suggestions or should I just take him back to the vet?
Can anyone give me some suggestions or should I just take him back to the vet?