So, found one of my Cornish boy's with a hole about the diameter of a 50 cent piece and about as deep as half my thumb in his thigh today. He's obviously not feeling well, although eating, drinking, grazing, he has a bit of a droopy tail and that leg is warm with a pale area of meat around the injury. No smell, bleeding or any discharge. He was fine yesterday, at least I'm pretty sure he was.
He's ready to process but I'm concerned that he could have a nasty systemic infection. I separated him and put him in the garden with a few silky chicks where he can run around and eat fresh rye grass. I also gave him a shot of pen-procaine. Meat withdrawal time for pork with the pen, according to the label is 7 days.
Any thoughts? I considered processing and just discarding that quarter but I don't like that his tail was droopy. I'd hate to make family or pets sick if he has staph or clostridium.
He's ready to process but I'm concerned that he could have a nasty systemic infection. I separated him and put him in the garden with a few silky chicks where he can run around and eat fresh rye grass. I also gave him a shot of pen-procaine. Meat withdrawal time for pork with the pen, according to the label is 7 days.
Any thoughts? I considered processing and just discarding that quarter but I don't like that his tail was droopy. I'd hate to make family or pets sick if he has staph or clostridium.
