aldanfac
Songster
Hi so I have these 2 roosters they are amazing sweet boys, they have stayed together because they actually really are like best friends, the healthy one is the boss and established his role early on after they had a little dominance fight. It didn’t cause any injuries but the lower rank rooster did become more skittish after. This was all over 5 months ago, now over the past 3 weeks I’ve noticed the skittish rooster actually kinda wobbles on his left leg. I don’t know if he’s always done this because the way he moves is so skittish I just never noticed it until recently. Well today he is really struggling to walk, he’s basically laying down the entire time but it’s pretty clear his right leg is decently strong and there is some sort of intolerance to stand on his left leg.. he also has since developed a poopy butt which makes me sad… I have checked around for injuries that I may have missed but there is NOTHING! I also checked him for injuries after their first little scuffle and there were no injuries.. I am at a loss for what is going on, all my other chickens are doing very good but there is clearly something going on with this guy.. he still has a good demeanor but is clearly getting worse by whatever this is.. anyone know or have any ideas what’s going on?! In the early stages of me having chickens there were a few issues with cocci and stuff but I haven’t had any problems in a while… here’s a photo of him laying down :/ he’s still happy and active though