Hi there
First off you should isolate him from the rest of the flock in case what he has is infectious.
Secondly, I have paid very good money to find that most vets do not treat chickens; I have stopped going to vets for this very reason.
My treatment: I use garlic steeped in water as a first treatment with all of my birds and it works quite well.
Take 10 cloves, peel and steep in boiling hot water, when at room temperature take an eye dropper and squirt into his mouth, watch for him to swallow. Try to get about 3 squirts into him. Watch him for 24 hours. OPffer bread and milk, he probably has a sore throat. If he looks like he has made some improvement then try and find someone who supplies FRESH WHEATGRASS JUICE. Get some and repeat the procedure, eye dropper, into his mouht x3 times. Do garlic in the morning and wheatgrass at night. Offer ground corn in a wee bit of milk, mix into the bread mixture. Treat as though you are feeding someone with a very sore throat, nothing rough. See how you go.
Good luck.
BB.
The syrinx is aka the roosters voice box the dog very well could of damaged the syrinx in its attack and the roo is having a time trying to crow maybe with time the roo will heal and all will be OK but if not the roo will not sound the same.
Hello! I own chickens, the rooster hasn't been himself lately. So my chickens used to free range but last week the chickens got a little too brave and crossed the property line. My neighbors dogs ended up killing one of the chickens and the rooster possibly got injured. I keep the chickens in the run now. The rooster can't really crow anymore. He's about 2 years old. Usually he crows really loud and clear. I could hear it at a really long distance! Now he can barely crow. When he does, it's low and kinda distorted. It's as if he has a dry throat and is loosing his voice (I doubt he is but that's how I out it in human terms!) It's so quiet I can barely hear him a yard away. He's eating and drinking. I don't believe he's sick but is it possible that a dog damaged his throat? Like if he got bite on the neck? He doesn't like being handled so I haven't really checked him out. (I don't handle my chickens often anymore) I can check and see if he has bite marks on his neck. What do you think? Any ideas? I think he'll be okay but it's so weird. Iv'e owned tons of chickens in the past and this has never happened before. Thanks! - Makayla :)
