Phookahorse
In the Brooder
- Apr 16, 2020
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I have an 11 year-old rooster who lives in two different coops joined together. There is straw put down for him so he has a nice dry area. His food and water are changed daily. He also gets to run around in larger pen a few hours a day as well. This afternoon when I went out he had some mud dried on his legs (it's been rainy) so I took him out to wash the mud off. When I washed all of the mud off, I noticed that it looked like the area where the feathers stop at the leg looked bloody. I washed the blood away and it appeared that there were some odd reddish bumps on his legs (I included a few pictures). The area that is raw/bloody and looks kind of bumpy/fleshy is about 1 1/2 of an inch in length- above that the skin looks fine.
I have never seen anything like this before. I cleaned the area with some betadine and put some antiseptic salve on it because I didn't know what else to do. I tried looking up what this might be but other than seeing a ton of incredibly gross pictures on the internet, I couldn't find anything. There is no heat. His appetite is good and he's been the same jerk he always is, so it hasn't affected his energy level. His comb is red and there is no discharge anywhere.
Does anyone have an idea of what this might be? The feathers are wet because I washed him off, and the yellowish color was from the betadine. Other than the red, there is no discoloration or discharge.
I have never seen anything like this before. I cleaned the area with some betadine and put some antiseptic salve on it because I didn't know what else to do. I tried looking up what this might be but other than seeing a ton of incredibly gross pictures on the internet, I couldn't find anything. There is no heat. His appetite is good and he's been the same jerk he always is, so it hasn't affected his energy level. His comb is red and there is no discharge anywhere.
Does anyone have an idea of what this might be? The feathers are wet because I washed him off, and the yellowish color was from the betadine. Other than the red, there is no discoloration or discharge.