We took our rooster to the vet because of bumblefoot in his left back toe. The vet took an x-ray and prescribed 6 weeks of antibiotics. In the x-ray she said his toe was broken, which I strongly suspected on account of it pointing the wrong direction. This vet was not the chicken vet so she...
Hello! Thank you for reading my post, and I hope you can help me. I have 5 hens and one rooster. 2 Golden Wyandotte, 2 barred rock, and 2 black australorp. We went on a road trip, and after I got back I saw all the animals were all out of food and water. The rooster had been separated from the...
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I have an 11 month old hen who was attacked this morning by the other chickens. There were loads of feathers in the coop, but the only wound I can find is at the base of her comb. I hit it with some saline water and peroxide, and the wound opened up and started bleeding again. I got the...
Our rooster gave one of out hens a inch gash while breeding. We took her to the vet and he stitched her up. We decided to trim the roosters spurs before we put her back out in the yard. We trimmed them this morning, about a quarter inch off of a 1/2 inch spur. It was the first time. They won't...
We have been having trouble with bumblefoot on our 5 month old rooster. We've been under vet care for that. My problem stems from something else. He has been lame for over a week now. He poops, I clean it up when I smell him. Now he makes a wierd noise, moves his feet and brings his head down...
Our 5 month old rooster was limping one day, and I checked him over but couldn't figure out why. So I put him in the coop with fresh water and food to limit his activity. The next day, he wasn't walking at all. I checked him over again and discovered he had bumblefoot.
I looked it up...