I would definitely get food also...they will get weak without food, baby chicks eat and drink constantly..... also, the play sand should work just find for dust bathing or the dirt in your yard, either one.....
Chicken Chat, I checked and it is more swollen under his claw and toe, but no callus and does not appear injured in any way but the swollen"ness"? I am going to try the epson salts and bag balm, and the searching again for a small splinter or foreign object , I just keep going back to that in...
I will try that, I keep feeling like there is probably something stuck in there and I just can't see it, he is a big old roster and he don't much like being held, he is not aggressive at all, until it comes to holding him....thank you for the suggestion
My 2 yr old welsummer roo has developed a swollen foot and limp, he seems fine in every other aspect, I have kept chickens for 3 years now and have never encountered this particular problem....I have looked for a briar or other injury and can't see anything wrong, it's not broken because he can...