Yep you can't place him indoors in a tiny house there's no room. Are you able to separate him from any flock members so there's no interaction among chickens?
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I checked for bumblefoot and he doesn’t seem to have that. I’ll check again when it gets light.Look at the bottom of his feet, may just be me, but the toe pads look swollen and it looks like he may have bumble foot as well.
These wounds might be caused by his own overgrown spurs as with every step he takes the sharp and pointed ends will cut into his own legs. that might be the reason these wounds cannot heal.Hi,
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I am housesitting and don’t have a lot of chicken caring experience. I don’t know the age of the chickens or much about their health background.
The rooster has a badly infected leg and is swelling by the day and the foot and leg are noticeably hotter than the non injured leg. He is still walking but limps.
Two young roosters were removed nearly a month ago and my guess is that he got injured fighting them and his wounds went undetected for some days. He also has scabs on his comb and a healing puncture wound on his thigh.
I noticed lots of scabbing around the foreleg a couple of weeks ago. I have been applying warm compresses, cleaning with hibaclense, then applying iodine and polysporin under nonstick gauze and vet wrap. He’s not getting better!
I can’t afford a vet, they’re not my birds. I can’t get in touch with the owner who is on a boat in the Caribbean. I read about using fish antibiotics, is this possible? Are there any pain meds I can give?
I feel overwhelmed! Help!
Thank you,
Paulé
Can you suggests more options, not everyone own a Dremel tool.These wounds might be caused by his own overgrown spurs as with every step he takes the sharp and pointed ends will cut into his own legs. that might be the reason these wounds cannot heal.
If this was my rooster, I would trim back his spurs using a dremel.
With spurs this long he will not be able to sit or roost properly as he will get impaled.
A rasp can be used as well. The important thing here would be to trim the tip and round it properly so the rooster will not gore himself.Can you suggests more options, not everyone own a Dremel tool.
I was wondering the same.These wounds might be caused by his own overgrown spurs as with every step he takes the sharp and pointed ends will cut into his own legs. that might be the reason these wounds cannot heal.
You are an amazing house-sitter taking such good care of this rooster! He looks so angry in the one picture— but that’s ok, he’s safe and clean. Great work!
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