Thanks Bee. He is a pretty big bird, I should have weighed him last pm when I grabbed him to look at his leg. He is limping on it today so maybe he hurt himself jumping off the roost and rest overnight helped. I still obviously need to treat everyone.
Would infectious gout still have the black scab? His pad is very large on that foot.
I'm using layer pellets, wheat, cracked corn, BOSS and some scratch grains in my fermented feed mix
My head roo seemed fine this am when he came out for breakfast this morning. When I went to close the doors and hang the bucket to drain their fermented feed overnight I noticed him not putting ANY weight on his right leg. He didn't react to bending his toes, knee, hips or hock joints. His...