Something horrible has happened to my golden boy :-(
Godzilla had a tiny bit of what looked like frostbite on his comb this morning, just a couple small oozy spots, which didn't worry me too much. I did some chores outside an hour ago and he was fine. I went back out just now and his entire head and neck are covered in blood!
I've moved him into a dog crate in the house, and put some gentamycin ointment on his comb and wattles. I feared with him being so banged up, the cold might do him in tonight. I plan to give him some yogurt, maybe with some raw honey mixed in. I don't have any injectable penicillin, but I do have 500mg cephalexin caps, does anyone know the proper amount? I could grind them up and put them in some food.
I have no idea how this happened, I haven't seen anyone messing with him. Some of the wounds on his comb look like rooster-fighting stuff, I suspect our 2lb banty has beaten the tar out of this 14lb boy :-(
And yes, he really is 14lbs, I stepped on the scale when I brought him in!
These birds are supposed to be for meat and eggs, but I absolutely adore Godzilla, and I want him to make some giant chicks in the springtime
I'd strongly prefer not to cull him, and I think he'll pull through, but I'm so worried:-(
An amusing tidbit, DBF says he is suprised at himself over this. Suprised at how willing he is to go immediately cull Captain Nasty (the bad banty), suprised at how he feels about our giant boy
Godzilla had a tiny bit of what looked like frostbite on his comb this morning, just a couple small oozy spots, which didn't worry me too much. I did some chores outside an hour ago and he was fine. I went back out just now and his entire head and neck are covered in blood!
I've moved him into a dog crate in the house, and put some gentamycin ointment on his comb and wattles. I feared with him being so banged up, the cold might do him in tonight. I plan to give him some yogurt, maybe with some raw honey mixed in. I don't have any injectable penicillin, but I do have 500mg cephalexin caps, does anyone know the proper amount? I could grind them up and put them in some food.
I have no idea how this happened, I haven't seen anyone messing with him. Some of the wounds on his comb look like rooster-fighting stuff, I suspect our 2lb banty has beaten the tar out of this 14lb boy :-(
And yes, he really is 14lbs, I stepped on the scale when I brought him in!
These birds are supposed to be for meat and eggs, but I absolutely adore Godzilla, and I want him to make some giant chicks in the springtime

An amusing tidbit, DBF says he is suprised at himself over this. Suprised at how willing he is to go immediately cull Captain Nasty (the bad banty), suprised at how he feels about our giant boy
