JHH3
Songster
My rooster, Rudy, a 1 year old Wyandotte started limping a few days ago. A couple days after I noticed him limping, he started staying inside sitting face into a nesting box and was getting picked at a little so I've taken him out and put him into my chicken sick ward.
It looks like his back toe is very swollen, not sure if it's sprained, dislocated or broken. He likely landed wrong coming off the roosting bar, he's pretty big and hits with a good thump when he jumps down (the roosting bar is waist high, maybe around 3 foot off the floor, and I try to keep lots of wood shavings on the floor in front of it but they tend to scratch them toward the front/back of the coop).
Couple of pictures below.
He can still hobble around, though he's been sitting a lot. He'll stand on it, but tends to lift it up. I've been trying to get him to take a baby aspirin every day for the pain.
Is there anything else I can do for him? How would I tell if it's a dislocated toe? What would I do about it if it is? I can try to get more pictures if that would help.
It looks like his back toe is very swollen, not sure if it's sprained, dislocated or broken. He likely landed wrong coming off the roosting bar, he's pretty big and hits with a good thump when he jumps down (the roosting bar is waist high, maybe around 3 foot off the floor, and I try to keep lots of wood shavings on the floor in front of it but they tend to scratch them toward the front/back of the coop).
Couple of pictures below.
He can still hobble around, though he's been sitting a lot. He'll stand on it, but tends to lift it up. I've been trying to get him to take a baby aspirin every day for the pain.
Is there anything else I can do for him? How would I tell if it's a dislocated toe? What would I do about it if it is? I can try to get more pictures if that would help.