Hello everyone! My rooster Brownie is 5 years old and today I observed that he was opening his beak a little bit to breathe (not always but from time to time though right now it has stopped) and was making light sounds while doing it. It sounded alarm bells in my head so I'm posting this. I put him on my lap for a while to listen to his breathing and it seemed mostly fine. He has a bit of a runny nose too. I clean his nostrils regularly and did so today as well after seeing all this. There's no coughing as of yet or any other symptom.. but if there's anything else I should look out for, please let me know.
I've given him 1 slightly crushed garlic clove (he ate it whole) and turned up the heater in his room as the temperature here has dipped very badly. He has never been through such a harsh winter and even though he lives inside the house, it is still very very cold. He also has a habit of standing on the cold floor.
His diet consists of a mix of pearl millets and finger millets and his poop is fine. I checked his crop as well just an hour or so back and it seemed okay. I will check in the morning as well.
But I would like to have your opinion on what this could be and if I should keep any medicines at hand. I don't have any vets here who know about chickens and would like to keep antibiotics or whatever necessary just in case. Thank you!
I've given him 1 slightly crushed garlic clove (he ate it whole) and turned up the heater in his room as the temperature here has dipped very badly. He has never been through such a harsh winter and even though he lives inside the house, it is still very very cold. He also has a habit of standing on the cold floor.
His diet consists of a mix of pearl millets and finger millets and his poop is fine. I checked his crop as well just an hour or so back and it seemed okay. I will check in the morning as well.
But I would like to have your opinion on what this could be and if I should keep any medicines at hand. I don't have any vets here who know about chickens and would like to keep antibiotics or whatever necessary just in case. Thank you!