HELP- Rooster has a critical injury to leg and comb

[Peggysaurus]

I'm going to make this story short so we can get to the important stuff. Our rooster has been aggressive and standoffish since he was a chick. He attacks us from behind, and we have kicked him multiple times. A few times we thought we killed him ourselves or severely injured him, but he always got right back up. We went on a trip recently so we left our chickens in the care of a good friend. He kicked him as well, but this time I am definitely sure that this is life-threatening and he will have to be put down. He has been a pain in the ass for a couple of years now, so even before this happened we were already making plans to send him to the meat retirement home. We want what is best for him so please no sugar coating it.

Chicken info: Light Brahma, Rooster, 2.5 years old, 9 or 10 pounds, abt. 16 inches in height

CURRENT CONDITION: Rooster was dropped off today since we have just recently returned from our trip. He lays down a lot and "hobbles" around (refuses to use his right leg entirely). He also lays on his left side. The hens have picked his comb to the point of bleeding, and it looks like they have ripped off a good chunk of it before we were able to get to him (will attach pictures below). I did an examination of his leg and it feels like I could rip it right off of him. Absolutely no resistance in his leg, and it looked like he didn't feel anything while I was moving it from side to side and pulling it slightly. I also felt his left leg and it was very tender. He was very sensitive about me touching it.

Again, I believe putting him down would be the best course of action, but I wanted to see if there was anything that I could do for him. Please let me know if there is any more information I can provide.

-S

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I'd process. I had a minorca and later an isabel that both wound up with dislocated/damaged beyond our repair legs. It usually doesn't get much better, and if you were already planning to process him, I'd just do it when you have the next chance

 

[RosemaryDuck]

I'm going to make this story short so we can get to the important stuff. Our rooster has been aggressive and standoffish since he was a chick. He attacks us from behind, and we have kicked him multiple times. A few times we thought we killed him ourselves or severely injured him, but he always got right back up. We went on a trip recently so we left our chickens in the care of a good friend. He kicked him as well, but this time I am definitely sure that this is life-threatening and he will have to be put down. He has been a pain in the ass for a couple of years now, so even before this happened we were already making plans to send him to the meat retirement home. We want what is best for him so please no sugar coating it.

Chicken info: Light Brahma, Rooster, 2.5 years old, 9 or 10 pounds, abt. 16 inches in height

CURRENT CONDITION: Rooster was dropped off today since we have just recently returned from our trip. He lays down a lot and "hobbles" around (refuses to use his right leg entirely). He also lays on his left side. The hens have picked his comb to the point of bleeding, and it looks like they have ripped off a good chunk of it before we were able to get to him (will attach pictures below). I did an examination of his leg and it feels like I could rip it right off of him. Absolutely no resistance in his leg, and it looked like he didn't feel anything while I was moving it from side to side and pulling it slightly. I also felt his left leg and it was very tender. He was very sensitive about me touching it.

Again, I believe putting him down would be the best course of action, but I wanted to see if there was anything that I could do for him. Please let me know if there is any more information I can provide.

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Just some advice. In the future with aggressive roosters I highly suggest bringing something out with you that you can set in front of you. A shovel, rake...etc. You can (gently) push the bird away or shield yourself.

Kicking is completely unnecessary, makes the problem worse and as you can see, can be fatal. Chickens are not hardy birds. They only weight a few pounds, and as a human you can severely injure or kill them doing this.

 

[Sussex19]

I would definitely process him as you were thinking of doing it anyway.

Kicking is completely unnecessary, makes the problem worse and as you can see, can be fatal. Chickens are not hardy birds. They only weight a few pounds, and as a human you can severely injure or kill them doing this.

I totally agree, however sometimes a shove with one's foot does help get the message across.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

He attacks us from behind, and we have kicked him multiple times. A few times we thought we killed him ourselves or severely injured him, but he always got right back up. We went on a trip recently so we left our chickens in the care of a good friend. He kicked him as well, but this time I am definitely sure that this is life-threatening and he will have to be put down. He has been a pain in the ass for a couple of years now, so even before this happened we were already making plans to send him to the meat retirement home.

Again, I believe putting him down would be the best course of action, but I wanted to see if there was anything that I could do for him.

The best thing you can do for this poor rooster is to cull him and put him out of his misery.

I recommend that you keep an all hen flock from now on.