Pus in leg joints

[Dayna Robertson]

I know that sounds like a death sentence, but some one gave me a chick.... I have MANY chickens of various ages. Never dealt with this before.

It's got pus in it's joints in the legs.

I made it a chick chair so it has the weight off the leg joints (hopefully while it heals). I'm "force feeding" food and water.

For such a sick chick, it's quite loud and energetic. I can take pics of the joint if that helps, but where the bend is, there is inflammation and pus.

I have given it sulmet. What about Pen? I have bottle of that for the goats.

Any other suggestions? I tried doing the leg hobbles and it made the situation MUCH worse, which made me figure out the chick chair.

How often should I feed/water it? I'm doing it as often as I think about it. It's not pooping/peeing as much as I would like....

 

[aggiemae]

You can give the area a soak of warm compress and put some antibiotic ointment on the joint and get some antibiotics. She needs water ever 2 hours put some sugar or corn syrup (but not honey) in it for calories. And see if she will drink some ACTIVE CULTURE buttermilk it might start her pooping.

 

[Dayna Robertson]

I've been putting providone idodine ointment on it. Is that good or should I use something else?

 

[aggiemae]

Iodine cleans the wound but it will not treat an infection try neo sporin and an oral antibiotic

 

[Dayna Robertson]

ive been giving sulmet. I have pen g, suggestions?

 

[aggiemae]

Sulmet is not an antibiotic. I don't know the dose of Pen g for a tiny chick so can't help with that, but if it's powdered you can sprinkle it directly on the cleaned wound.