Rooster knee injury

[Spinanah]

hello everyone our rooster hurt his knee pretty bad. He got his foot caught by his spur up in a chain link fence. He can stand but walks with a very bad limp . I looked him over and he can’t move his knee. He is currently in a kennel with food and water so he can rest and be warm. Is there anything we can do to help him? Is it likely that he can heal? Thank you

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Welcome To BYC!

Can you post some photos of the rooster and his leg?
Any swelling, does the leg look dislocated, any wounds/cuts?

If he's just limping with no other obvious "injury" (swelling/cuts, etc.) then I would leave him caged with food/water like you are doing.

Some may suggest giving aspirin/pain reliever - if that's something you wish to do, then by all means do so. Again, personally, pain restricts activity (especially for a rooster) so I generally do not give pain reliever, since they can re-injure themselves.
For aspirin solution to drink, the dosage is to dissolve five (5Grain) aspirin tablets into one gallon of water - offer free choice. A lot of birds will not drink aspirin water, it's bitter, you can try sweetening it with honey. I would also make plain water available in case he refuses to drink, you don't want him dehydrated.

 

[Spinanah]

Welcome To BYC!

Can you post some photos of the rooster and his leg?
Any swelling, does the leg look dislocated, any wounds/cuts?

If he's just limping with no other obvious "injury" (swelling/cuts, etc.) then I would leave him caged with food/water like you are doing.

Some may suggest giving aspirin/pain reliever - if that's something you wish to do, then by all means do so. Again, personally, pain restricts activity (especially for a rooster) so I generally do not give pain reliever, since they can re-injure themselves.
For aspirin solution to drink, the dosage is to dissolve five (5Grain) aspirin tablets into one gallon of water - offer free choice. A lot of birds will not drink aspirin water, it's bitter, you can try sweetening it with honey. I would also make plain water available in case he refuses to drink, you don't want him dehydrated.

Hi thanks for the welcome
He does not like to be picked up But I’ll try to get pic if I can. His knee is slightly swollen and he cannot bend it. It stuck out straight (he held his uninjured leg was held closer to his body) when I held him on his back to look at it. I tried to feel if his tendon was dislocated. I don’t think it is but it’s hard to tell.

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC. Sorry about your lame rooster. The swelling makes it a little more easy to figure out where the injury is. Do you have a vet locally that could help him? If not, then I would keep his activity limited in a pen with food and water for a couple of weeks, as @Wyorp Rock has said. Hopefully, the swelling will go and hopefully he will get better. The aspirin may help. Vets can prescribe meloxicam which is good for inflammation and pain, as is the aspirin. Make sure that he is eating or drinking. Some may not eat well if separated from their flocks. If that happens, placing in a large wire dog crate inside the coop might be helpful.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hi thanks for the welcome
He does not like to be picked up But I’ll try to get pic if I can. His knee is slightly swollen and he cannot bend it. It stuck out straight (he held his uninjured leg was held closer to his body) when I held him on his back to look at it. I tried to feel if his tendon was dislocated. I don’t think it is but it’s hard to tell.

Poor guy! Hopefully he just pulled it really bad especially if the leg was stuck for a while.
Let us know how he gets along.

 

[CindyinSD]

One of my cockerels hurt his leg somehow and was limping pretty badly. I put him in with the older hens to protect him from scrapes with the other cockerels and he healed up on his own. If you don’t have a safe flock to add your boy to, a little chicken rehab cage (I’m building one now for a pullet who got pretty badly beat up) might be in order... or a dog crate, but a little bigger is nicer if you can do it.

I have the room (they’re spending winter in the greenhouse) so I want to give her some extra space over the size of a dog crate to move around in. She’s waiting out the build in a dog crate in the garage and she’s so funny. When she wants mealy worms she chortles at me and boy doesn’t she dive into them when I sprinkle her some!

 

[Diana_burns04]

What does it look like

 

[CindyinSD]

So far it’s a 7x4x2 frame. Just a sec... I’ll get a picture.

 

[Diana_burns04]

That's good

 

[CindyinSD]

I got kicked out of the garage to put the tractor in. It still needs some uprights but I ran out of screws and had to go to town. It will get a hinged lid with some corrugated plastic panels for roofing (on hand) and a front chicken door. I’ll wrap the sides in 1/2” hardware cloth. I’ve also made provisions for little wheels on back and a pull handle on front in case I ever want to use it for a chicken tractor.

It could also be used as a broody coop or to brood hatchery/incubator chicks in with the flock for better integration.

Here’s the poor little girl who’s gonna break it in, chowing down on mealy worms.