I mean the fact alone that theyre acting so lively is great. Hopefully it is just bruising and nothing more.
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The green spot is near where I injected his penicillin so I'm thinking it's probably a bruise from that. I think I overreacted when I saw it this morningI mean the fact alone that theyre acting so lively is great. Hopefully it is just bruising and nothing more.
Haha yeah, his leg was definitely gangrene but I just freaked out when I saw the color change on his side. Now that I look at it it looks like a bruise.I think he'll be fine. Something that traumatic will take a while. I had one who crushed her foot, she limped and pampered it for a good week, and id say probably 4 to 5 weeks before she was totally normal on it again, so yah it will take some time for that wound to fix itself. The fact that it's not bleeding, not further going gangrene is a very good sign. Some oozing or minor infection can unfortunately be expected given WHAT they are and HOW they live, no matter how clean we try to keep them. You did a really good job and i think he'll be fine just keep an eye on him.
Aaron
Im going to edit this a bit. Gangrene is literally dead flesh and HORRIBLE infection. he'd be in a lot of pain, week, the entire area would be pussy, runny, probably flies and maggots around it and smelling HORRIBLE. This might just be a bruise. That color green is just IMO too bright or 'perky' to be gangrene, it's not a 'sickly green' if that makes sense.
I think ya'all be fine. Please keep us updated.
So last night i was at a farm helping out with some horses when I noticed a little cockerel sleeping nearby. As I got near him he tried to run away but his leg was dragging behind him. I caught him and they gave him to me for free. His leg was infected so I drained it and wrapped it. This morning I checked on him and the leg had turned completely green and smelled awful. I read some articles on leg amputation in chickens and many chickens have survived leg amputations and lived normally. I decided to try and save him.
Stitches went in on Thursday 9/23/2021 and you want to take them out 5 days later?I think I'm going to take the stitches out tomorrow.
Usually in animals, they keep stitches in for 10 days. I’m not sure about chickens.