Deformed Feet

[Payton Curtis]

Hello. Im new and I have a question. I have a rooster who hatched last May. He had deformed feet when he hatched and he was also the runt, so I never worried about it. Yesterday, I noticed he was limping. When I checked his feet, they were dark purple and looked like they were dying. They were also so stiff they felt frozen solid and were colder than the rest of his body. Does anyone know whats going on?

 

[justplainbatty]

Hello. Im new and I have a question. I have a rooster who hatched last May. He had deformed feet when he hatched and he was also the runt, so I never worried about it. Yesterday, I noticed he was limping. When I checked his feet, they were dark purple and looked like they were dying. They were also so stiff they felt frozen solid and were colder than the rest of his body. Does anyone know whats going on?

Could you post some good pics? What are the temps where you live?
Welcome to our flock!

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC. Can you try to post a picture of his feet? Since you are new, you may have to have a few more posts to post pictures, but try anyway. Is it cold where you live, or has it been cold in the last month or so? Frostbite may be what is wrong, and the tissue could be dead. Do his toes look black and shrivelled?

 

[Eggcessive]

Could you post some good pics? What are the temps where you live?
Welcome to our flock!

I guess we were posting at the same time LOL.

 

[justplainbatty]

I guess we were posting at the same time LOL.

That's ok, I can't answer right away, I'm gonna go feed my birds dinner and I usually stay with them till they are roosted and quiet. So, an hour, hour and a half....

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

Pictures will help as said above.

 

[Payton Curtis]

Hello and thank you all for welcoming me! Our tempertures have been warm and the winter was extremly cold.

 

[Payton Curtis]

 

[justplainbatty]

That's frostbite! We just had a whole other thread on this. Let me see if I can find it.

ETA: here is the thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/955536/frostbite-on-both-legs-help/40
And here is the treatment for it https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/961512/frostbite-with-or-without-infection-step-by-step

 

[Payton Curtis]

Do you think it will still work for him? Its been warm for a while and his feel look like they're dying right now.