We have 2 large roosters (Olive egger is head roo, and Orpington is usually second in charge) in our flock and a few silkie roosters. For the most part, they've gotten along. A couple days ago, my Orpington and the biggest silkie rooster got into a big fight and they were both bloodied and...
My vet came and did the surgery on his eye. He was VERY not cooperative, so she needed to sedate him. The surgery was successful, but he didn’t come out of sedation well and he didn’t make it. They swabbed and tested everything and can’t figure out what caused it besides maybe an injury and all...
Ok, every time I put saline in his eye, or do compresses, he starts gasping and has rattly breathing like he’s drowning, so I just put the ointment and stop trying to work on the pus. He acts totally normal other than when we try to work on his eye 😬 Any idea what could be going on?
My daughter's 9 month old silkie rooster has an infected eye that we noticed yesterday, most likely from a fight/injury. None of our other birds have any symptoms, and he doesn't have any other symptoms outside of the swollen eye.
He is eating and drinking normally, although we do have to guide...