Oh of course anything is possible, but a movement and heat analysis suggested hat the infection was contained in tissue. We're in a very heavy chicken farming area, both organic and industrial - most of the time it's a strictly economic decision to even treat. The fact that the species was in...
So went to the vet - I don't usually take birds to the vet. I always CAN, and of course I know that a vet can usually answer questions, but I like to know how to deal with these on my own because I have a flock of chickens, and a vet isn't really a viable option for chickens. Culling them is...
I thought maybe that - but can Bumblefoot start on the leg? This started near the joint and progressed down. I've always seen it on the pad of the foot. Maybe infection is infection, though.
I have pictures, and they are gross - but not as bad as the smell. This bird... I get teased about saving a rooster. I like him.
He started with scaly leg mites when I got him from a friend. His legs were SUPER scaled up, and tons of the junk started falling off as we treated. Once that...
A good friend had a rooster that came up lame recently, and she had nowhere to put him so he could stay separated. I do, and I took him. He's a feather leg, and actually the son of one of my other roos. He had bony growths (I thought) on his legs, and I also thought that was just the way the...