Rooster is barely using his right leg, holding out in front, toes sorta together pointing forward...

MarshallPrime

Chirping
6 Years
He is my only one to go lame. He has been perfectly healthy, not old, right around a year.
He is a black-blue laced red wyandotte.

Any ideas? None of my others have shown any sort of injury/disease. I assume he hurt himself jumping off the perch or something. I really dont know.

He is my breeder with my 6 splash hens, i also have a splash roo with 7 blue hens but they are my only 2 roos right now.
 
I've learned that there are different possibilities for what you're describing. For my rooster Henry, he was attacked and had a complete loss of movement in his right leg. As he began to recover, his leg was similar to your roosters. He either suffered from nerve damage, a fracture or break, or both.

When he tries to move, does he use his right hip at all? Do you see him lifting the leg up from the hip, despite a diminished ability to actually stand on that leg or walk?
 
I will try to get pics sometime soon. I just got home from work and made dinner and now it is dark. I live in Northern Indiana near the Michigan line.
He was not attacked, he is safe in the barn. My barn gets down to 15-20 degrees at the coldest usually. Usually right now around 25 degrees at night. All the other birds are fine.
 

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