I am sorry to report, he died this morning. He was in a lot worse shape than I thought he was. He was skinned from neck to tail.
There is a semi-happy ending to the story though. The 7 eggs in the incubator that were fertilized by him started hatching this morning. 2 out so far and 3 more have...
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I will get the epsom salts in the morning. I was wondering if cut-heal would be good. I use it on myself all the time. It seems to make a wound heal fast, and it keeps the bugs away.
I put him in the bathtub for now. I put neosporin on him because that is what I had here at the house. I am sure I missed some spots, but I will keep putting it on him and will coat all of the bad spots before I am done. I got most of the ants off of him and gave him food and water. I am sure I...
When I went out to feed this morning, I saw that my big black roo was just hunkered down outside the wire. When I got closer, I noticed that he was not right. His back had been pretty much skinned and most of his wing feathers were gone too. I picked him up and checked him out. There was no...