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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    I checked up on him when locking up the other birds. His bad eye is somewhat open, a slight improvement. The white eye covering is partialy over the corner, and though the pupil/iris border is distinct, the pupil maintains a red blurriness and seemingly permanent dilation, so I doubt he will...
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    I looked closely at how he moves his beak. Any fractures are probably more or less limited to his left side, most likely lower part of the beak and farther back in what I had labelled as green. Hopefully he'll pull though. He as been drinking, though probably not eating as much as he should...
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    The system that will probably prevail for the next month or two or three is that the injured rooster will stay in a rabbit hutch, the un-injured young rooster will roam free with his sister, and the 8 yr. old rooster will be with his big flock of hens.
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    I'm not certain what the garlic would do, so please enlighten me. Also, what is the best source of calcium for him? Would crushed egg shells do?
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    This morning I fed him some scrambled eggs, and he has been kept locked up. He seems to be crowing more or less fine, and I couldn't see sign of fracture when he crowed. he still seems to be holding his beak more closed then often. Maybe if I'm lucky, the fracture may have been a figment of my...
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    Scrambled eggs will do. I have also heard that yogurt can promote digestive health, so perhaps I might add that in for him, and chicken feed turns soft with water, but will definitely not be as full of protein as the eggs. Are there any foods in particular that might speed healing in his facial...
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    This rooster's condition is one of a long series of bad-luck events in the past couple of weeks. I might be cursed. First came the end-of-schoolyear projects, then the Lyme disease, followed swiftly by hand-foot-and-mouth, finals, and now a maimed chicken. The recent past has been unlucky to...
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    Here's a diagram of my best guess of what happened. This is an oversimplification, but the basic gist of it.
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    The problem is, both he and his brother are people chickens. They both love my company, they both act like puppies. And with the 'eye touch test', he keeps his right eye closed. He will not willingly open it. Upon closer inspection, more serious issues have arisen. Once upon a time, I did have...
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    He's one of the dang nicest roosters I've ever had. Most roosters I can raise from day one turn out like puppies. He, just like his present brother and dead/given away brothers before him, he does not shy away from attention and would follow me around the yard. He submits easily to being picked...
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    No such experiment is possible. He seems to be keeping that eye shut, which could be a sign of future blindness. Poor boy. I was hoping that I could find him another home and may have found a taker, but now, who wants a half-blind rooster?
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    I don't believe I have any silver (iodide?) handy, but I did drop in some sterile saline solution, and upon closer inspection, the eye could possibly have taken some internal damage. Is there anything else I can do?
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    Rooster in a fight, Eye possibly damaged. Now, it looks like he broke his skull/upper top beak. Any

    One of my younger roosters just got into a fight with either his brother or his father. He doesn't seem to have injuries elsewhere, but his right eye seems to have redness in it. I can still see the outline of the pupil and iris and the eye does not seem to have any substantial damage to the...
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    Rooster with Mystery Leg Injury

    It could easily be possible that he sprained something when landing. Meanwhile, about 20 hours later, he is doing at least a little better. He seems to be trying to walk on his leg, which means progress, but also the pressure could delay healing. i tried feeling for any hot areas on his leg...
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    Rooster with Mystery Leg Injury

    Last August, I hatched 3 chicks, and two grew up to be some of the friendliest roosters that I've ever had. Today, one of them inexplicably went lame. As I was getting ready to put his brother in for the evening, I noticed that he was limping to the point where he was hopping on his right leg...
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