Really painful injury from rooster flogging

[Coops Dad]

Tetanus shots are recommended every ten years so you should be okay.

33 cases and two deaths from tetanus in 2021. That's one in 10,000,000. Tetanus isn't the big risk; infection is. In people over 50, gangrene hits about 1 in 100; people aged 70+, it increases to 1 in 50. There are many bacteria that can cause an infection and most can lead to gangrene or even sepsis. In people who are hospitalized for gangrene, the mortality rate is 6-7%.

Personally, I'd see a doc and I'm the type of person who stitches his own wounds so long as I can reach it and there's no arterial pumping. If you roll the dice, be sure to monitor the wound and see a doctor for any redness, swelling, warmth, seeping or ANY indication that it's developing an infection or not healing properly.

Also, crockpot the rooster.

 

[ChookieG]

Is SLW silver laced or splash laced? Which hatchery do you prefer?

Sorry Silver-Laced. Am residing in Aust so where I got mine from may not be relevant to you.

 

[User635240]

33 cases and two deaths from tetanus in 2021. That's one in 10,000,000. Tetanus isn't the big risk; infection is. In people over 50, gangrene hits about 1 in 100; people aged 70+, it increases to 1 in 50. There are many bacteria that can cause an infection and most can lead to gangrene or even sepsis. In people who are hospitalized for gangrene, the mortality rate is 6-7%.

Personally, I'd see a doc and I'm the type of person who stitches his own wounds so long as I can reach it and there's no arterial pumping. If you roll the dice, be sure to monitor the wound and see a doctor for any redness, swelling, warmth, seeping or ANY indication that it's developing an infection or not healing properly.

Also, crockpot the rooster.

OK. I can walk better on it today, but the leg is pretty swollen. Posting here an unflattering photo to show the swelling. I really do not want to go to the doctor.

 

[User635240]

Where did you get your Swedish Flowers from?

I keep and breed Swedish flower hen and all the roosters from that project never behaved that way with me. They were all docile towards me but sometimes aggressive towards each other.

Meyer Hatchery. This guy was like a pet until he was six months old. He would climb all over me and my dog in my bed. Then he turned on me for some reason and is increasing the attacks all the time. Where do you get yours?

 

[NevadaEmma]

For those who want a rooster, try a Salmon Faverolles! They are the gentlest rooster I have ever met! My husband and "Tank" are best buddies. Tank lets me stroke his tail and he always comes when I call him.

 

[igorsMistress]

OK. I can walk better on it today, but the leg is pretty swollen. Posting here an unflattering photo to show the swelling. I really do not want to go to the doctor. View attachment 3373039

If you’re not bleeding to death and it’s not infected I really wouldn’t worry about it. It’s going to hurt, probably bruise a bit and that’s why it hurts. I wouldn’t go to a doc either unless it was infected and not getting any better after I take care of it myself. Silvex is available at walmart and is better than Neosporin, plus it’s not greasy so after it dries you don’t need a bandaid. Or a triple antibiotic ointment is good.

 

[Coops Dad]

OK. I can walk better on it today, but the leg is pretty swollen. Posting here an unflattering photo to show the swelling. I really do not want to go to the doctor. View attachment 3373039

I don't risk anything that would prevent me from making a living. I'm a truck driver and federal law says I lose my license if I lose a limb. Chickens are filthy and have no sense of hygiene except to keep the feathers neat and clean. Honestly, sometimes I see the chickens walking around with poo caked between their toes and wonder how they tolerate it. If I got a wound like that from anything in my chicken flock's kingdom and it was swollen and painful, I'd be at my local clinic in the morning. I don't care if it was a scratch from a "clean" piece of chickenwire, the first hint of infection would make me drive into town for a doc visit.

 

[Coops Dad]

This is my right outer wrist; a light fixture fell on it as I was demo-ing a building. I put in 11 or 12 stitches, left handed (I'm a righty), after thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting the wound.

This is my left inner wrist. The circled area on my forearm is a stab wound suffered while trying to cut a piece of nylon strap out of a brush mower. I cleaned and disinfected it (there was some nylon threads deep down in it) and put in five beautiful stitches, very even, neat and uniform. The big scar on my wrist was from a piece of sheet metal that was under tension; it struck as fast as a rattlesnake. 15 stitches, kinda ugly because the skin there is tight and there's not a lot of meat to to sink a stitch into. I did this show and tell to illustrate that I'm not the type to run to a doctor for every nick or chip taken from my flesh. But I do take barnyard punctures very seriously.

 

[raingarden]

Ouch1 You're as tough as nails. I contract out my skin stiching.

 

[kcan2]

OK. I can walk better on it today, but the leg is pretty swollen. Posting here an unflattering photo to show the swelling. I really do not want to go to the doctor. View attachment 3373039

I hope you are doing better with this today!
I can attest that bone bruises take an alarmingly long time to reduce swelling, and resume normal coloration, especially in areas where the bone is close to the surface like where you got hit. Any signs of worse and not better (red streaks, pus, weird pains) would certainly warrant a doctor visit, but if it is seeming to heal, however incrementally, than your immune system is probably doing it's job