Red feet and legs

[The_Flock]

My 3 month cockerel(?) Quinn is a columbian rock. He's always been the one who rests more then the other chicks, but is still up and at 'em too. He sneezes but it's never really progressed to anything else. I treated the young flock when his sneezes first started. The weather has been very wet and quite cool lately.
But he does have rather red feet and legs. I'm not too savvy on this breed and I'm not absolutely sure he's a he.
I'm just wondering if these feet and legs are something I need to be focusing on. If you look at the pic where it shows all of him, this was a bit more than a week ago and his feet and legs aren't red. It was also not as cold out.
His weight is good. His feet aren't unusually warm. He's bright eyed.

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

Looks like scald from wet bedding. The ammonia in the poop causes the skin to burn and get irritated. If indeed that's what it is you don't want it to go on for long because it could cause infection if the foot gets a open sore.
I live in the low country where its wet allot of the time. When it get boggy, mucky and just pure gross from so much moisture, I flatten out card board boxes removing all the tape and staples and layer it across my run floor and toss a fresh layer of pine chips over it. They scratch and peck and turn the card board into mulch so it's not a permanent solution but it works and I do it over again when needed. The bottom of my run is also cement graded at a slant so it can run off if we get a down pour and we do get allot of storms so close to the Atlantic Ocean.
And it looks more like a pullet to me but i'm not that familiar with your breed of chicken.

 

[The_Flock]

Looks like scald from wet bedding. The ammonia in the poop causes the skin to burn and get irritated. If indeed that's what it is you don't want it to go on for long because it could cause infection if the foot gets a open sore.
I live in the low country where its wet allot of the time. When it get boggy, mucky and just pure gross from so much moisture, I flatten out card board boxes removing all the tape and staples and layer it across my run floor and toss a fresh layer of pine chips over it. They scratch and peck and turn the card board into mulch so it's not a permanent solution but it works and I do it over again when needed. The bottom of my run is also cement graded at a slant so it can run off if we get a down pour and we do get allot of storms so close to the Atlantic Ocean.
And it looks more like a pullet to me but i'm not that familiar with your breed of chicken.

My bedding is construction sand that my neighbour, who is a dump truck driver, sourced out for me. It is medium to course grade and has no silica in it. It's very dry in their mobile coop and I clean it every day and it has no ammonia. They roost at night too, so they're off the floor all night. I feel Quinn's sneezing might be from how dry the coop, itself is.
The wetness could be from the dew on the grass in the morning? We've had a couple of wet days but nothing too wet for the others (it is wet outside, for sure but maybe it's just too wet for him), just cold-er. And none of the other 6 - 3 month olds have red feet or legs. They are not all the same breed, but the other columbian rock I got at the same time has normal looking feet.
I agree about Quinn looking like a pullet because of the feathers. I can't see any pointy saddle feathers. But he clucks to call the others over then takes a step back while they eat whatever he just pointed out. He's the last one in at night. And the other columbian rock has no wattles and still a pink comb. Quinn has had bright red wattles and a BIG comb since a couple of weeks of age. Lol. I'm so looking forward to what sex Quinn is. Lol ☺❤

 

[The_Flock]

May I ask what you use for bedding? The reason I ask is some sands can contain alkaloids can burn also .

The sand is construction sand. I asked my neighbour who drives a dump truck to find me medium to coarse grade sand with no silica. And that's what he got me.

 

[The_Flock]

Do all the chickens have this?

No none of the other chicks have this. It's just Quinn. ❤

 

[The_Flock]

Please excuse my slow working brain far to many years welding pipe .

Haha!! No worries.

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

My bedding is construction sand that my neighbour, who is a dump truck driver, sourced out for me. It is medium to course grade and has no silica in it. It's very dry in their mobile coop and I clean it every day and it has no ammonia. They roost at night too, so they're off the floor all night. I feel Quinn's sneezing might be from how dry the coop, itself is.
The wetness could be from the dew on the grass in the morning? We've had a couple of wet days but nothing too wet for the others, just cold-er. And none of the other 6 - 3 month olds have red feet or legs. They are not all the same breed, but the other columbian rock I got at the same time has normal looking feet.
I agree about Quinn looking like a pullet because of the feathers. I can't see any pointy saddle feathers. But he clucks to call the others over then takes a step back while they eat whatever he just pointed out. He's the last one in at night. And the other columbian rock has no wattles and still a pink comb. Quinn has had bright red wattles and a BIG comb since a couple of weeks of age. Lol. I'm so looking forward to what sex Quinn is. Lol ☺❤

Well it should not be from wet bedding then. Maybe he is a rooster and he's having a hormone surge causing color change or some thing. Listen for the crow, it should be coming anytime now if he's in fact a he.

 

[The_Flock]

Well it should not be from wet bedding then. Maybe he is a rooster and he's having a hormone surge causing color change or some thing. Listen for the crow, it should be coming anytime now if he's in fact a he.

I'm looking up scald now. I'm not going to throw your idea out too soon. Maybe I need to cut the grass shorter and clean the run more than once a week? It does look like scald when I look at the pics of other birds with scald online.

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

I'm looking up scald now. I'm not going to throw your idea out too soon. Maybe I need to cut the grass shorter and clean the run more than once a week? It does look like scald when I look at the pics of other birds with scald online.

No, I don't think it would be scald from your description of his surroundings.

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/reasons-...'s hormones may go,bright-red toes and shanks.

 

[The_Flock]

No, I don't think it would be scald from your description of his surroundings.

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/reasons-...'s hormones may go,bright-red toes and shanks.

@MrFluffyandGirls thank you so freakin much for this article!! It's so helpful. Much love. ☺❤