Big Red Roosters
Songster
How's everyone's Christmas Eve going? All well I hope.
Yesterday I was at a family Christmas and didn't get home until late. All I did was fill up waterers when I got home. Today I'm actually out looking at everyone and one of my rooster's feet is deformed and he curls it under while walking on it. It doesn't look the freshest so I am thinking it happened early yesterday and I missed it. The small metal ladder I lay sideways was knocked over, not sure if that has anything to do with his injury.
What can I do for it? Is it even fixable?
I checked under his feet and they look fine, no injuries there. Unfortunately he was high in the pecking order, so he's getting beat up now that he's limping. I'm thinking about using a kennel inside the coop to keep him out of harm's way.
While I was feeling on it it he gave no indication that he was in pain. He was just happy to be getting some attention.
He's in an all rooster flock, no one else is hurt or limping.
I have a five foot tall wooden ladder roost that is still standing, perhaps he jumped off the top and landed wrong?
Yesterday I was at a family Christmas and didn't get home until late. All I did was fill up waterers when I got home. Today I'm actually out looking at everyone and one of my rooster's feet is deformed and he curls it under while walking on it. It doesn't look the freshest so I am thinking it happened early yesterday and I missed it. The small metal ladder I lay sideways was knocked over, not sure if that has anything to do with his injury.
What can I do for it? Is it even fixable?
I checked under his feet and they look fine, no injuries there. Unfortunately he was high in the pecking order, so he's getting beat up now that he's limping. I'm thinking about using a kennel inside the coop to keep him out of harm's way.
While I was feeling on it it he gave no indication that he was in pain. He was just happy to be getting some attention.
He's in an all rooster flock, no one else is hurt or limping.
I have a five foot tall wooden ladder roost that is still standing, perhaps he jumped off the top and landed wrong?