ROOSTER HAS SWOLLEN FEET

[casportpony]

Try this vet:
http://www.flamingopetclinic.com/

 

[Anansi]

Also take a look at his roost and other areas he perches. Clean and smooth any rough areas, and try soaking his feet in warm Epsom salt soaks. The one with the scab is probably not bothering him much, I'm thinking the other one is because it's more swollen, and the soaks should help.

 

[xXChickenXx-]

I've been doing the soaks
thank you for the tips
It seems as if he hurt his leg jumping from a high height
any experience with that?
I took my previous hen to a vet and what they did wasn't helpful she died because they gave her dog steroids

 

[xXChickenXx-]

what would you say about the spur that looks like a purple?

Also take a look at his roost and other areas he perches. Clean and smooth any rough areas, and try soaking his feet in warm Epsom salt soaks. The one with the scab is probably not bothering him much, I'm thinking the other one is because it's more swollen, and the soaks should help.

 

[007Sean]

I live in Las Vegas NV

Could it be a chemical burn?

 

[xXChickenXx-]

Chemical burn?
I feel as if it's a bad hit
How can I cure it?

Could it be a chemical burn?

 

[Sunshine Flock]

@Hen Pen Jem always has excellent suggestions, mostly using what you already have in your kitchen.

If you've checked the roost and coop floor for a possible cause and aren't seeing anything, I'd probably just focus on treatment at this point. Since he's a rooster, maybe he's like mine and runs after the hens and is generally more active. But let's focus on treatment options.

The callouses are on both feet, as is the swelling. The pads are swollen and the redness is creeping up his legs. It's possible these are two unrelated situations, but regardless of the cause, the treatment approach should help with multiple situations.

Continue epsom salt soaks. I would do this two to three times daily. Don't expect immediate results. Raw honey on his pads, wrapped with a small piece of sterile gauze and a stretchy bandage that sticks to itself, is how I would do this. Or the drawing salve I mentioned, but honey is my number one goto for almost any kind of health situation, for people and animals.

Turmeric is essential in anyone's holistic healing care kit. Powdered form is fine, and oregano oil is amazing, but you can make a salve from fresh oregano if that's all you have.

He's eating and drinking without any problems? You mentioned he's limping? Any other symptoms?

 

[xXChickenXx-]

When we got him he was about 3 months and he's lived on carpet most the time other the when he's no in his coop my father replaces the carpet for new carpet regularly. His feet are very sensitive. The redness you see is because someone told us that applying a sulfur ointment would help it seemed to burn him a bit.
I'm doing Epson salt soaks and I've been applying turmeric along with garlic, onion, rosemary, etc.
He's lost a bit of appetite because of the pain but he still eats
Yes he does limp using his better foot
I'm concerned about his purplish spur is that a problem? Seems bruised.
That's all that seems to trouble him at the moment
Thank you!

 

[Sunshine Flock]

When we got him he was about 3 months and he's lived on carpet most the time other the when he's no in his coop my father replaces the carpet for new carpet regularly. His feet are very sensitive. The redness you see is because someone told us that applying a sulfur ointment would help it seemed to burn him a bit.
I'm doing Epson salt soaks and I've been applying turmeric along with garlic, onion, rosemary, etc.
He's lost a bit of appetite because of the pain but he still eats
Yes he does limp using his better foot
I'm concerned about his purplish spur is that a problem? Seems bruised.
That's all that seems to trouble him at the moment
Thank you!

Ah, so the plot thickens!

Were the legs swollen first, and then the redness developed because of the sulphur? Were you using the sulphur to treat the swelling, or for the bottom of his feet?

I do see an ever so slight purplish shadow to one of his spurs. But I'm not sure if this indicates a problem or not. My rooster's spurs look like his from trimming them. The color varies a bit here and there.

 

[xXChickenXx-]

Ah, so the plot thickens!

Were the legs swollen first, and then the redness developed because of the sulphur? Were you using the sulphur to treat the swelling, or for the bottom of his feet?

I do see an ever so slight purplish shadow to one of his spurs. But I'm not sure if this indicates a problem or not. My rooster's spurs look like his from trimming them. The color varies a bit here and there.

Hahaha
Yes the legs were already swollen and then the redness developed. I was using it to treat the swelling but I'd apply even to the bottom of his feet
Oh okay thanks so much!