Rooster Swollen Foot Toes Don't Move He Won't Walk

[DaisyG2317]

Could be gout, maybe? I know chickens can get it like people. My husband has it really bad and the swelling on your roosters feet looks like when a human foot swells up with it.

 

[ShanaAnn]

Could be gout, maybe? I know chickens can get it like people. My husband has it really bad and the swelling on your roosters feet looks like when a human foot swells up with it.

DO you know how to treat it in chickens? Poor thing won't even walk.

 

[Weeg]

I do not know, I have never seen this before! Maybe try treating it with the vetrycin method as if it were bumblefoot and see if that works? @casportpony @Overo Mare @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive Hopefully these members can help more.

 

[DaisyG2317]

DO you know how to treat it in chickens? Poor thing won't even walk.

If it were gout you could try tart cherry juice, that's a common otc for humans. Allopurinol is a prescription only med for humans and I thought I read chickens can have it but i am not sure where you could get it for them.

Gout is a build up of uric acid that turns into crystals and migrates to the joints. It is very debilitating and my husband suffers immensely when a flare strikes. The swelling looks really similar on the bird foot.

But I am not sure if your rooster has gout just offering an observation that might help

 

[LaFleche]

Over look the BluKote this is where the bumble was. And one of him semi-standing when we put him in the pen. He took two steps and sit down. His scales on his legs are raising up so we washed his legs today and scrubbed with a toothbrush then coated them with Vaseline.

This is more than bumblefoot as there are a cut and an injured toe as well. He might have got tangled up when fighting through the fence and even have a strain trauma.

 

[ShanaAnn]

If it were gout you could try tart cherry juice, that's a common otc for humans. Allopurinol is a prescription only med for humans and I thought I read chickens can have it but i am not sure where you could get it for them.

Gout is a build up of uric acid that turns into crystals and migrates to the joints. It is very debilitating and my husband suffers immensely when a flare strikes. The swelling looks really similar on the bird foot.

But I am not sure if your rooster has gout just offering an observation that might help

It is just his one foot the other is fine. I read that gout occurs in both with chickens but I am not sure how true that is.

 

[ShanaAnn]

This is more than bumblefoot as there are a cut and an injured toe as well. He might have got tangled up when fighting through the fence and even have a strain trauma.

The toe that looks scabbed over it. My husband used sticky tape to hold the gauze and it irradiated his toe.

 

[LaFleche]

The toe that looks scabbed over it. My husband used sticky tape to hold the gauze and it irradiated his toe.

Be careful not to block the blood circulation when wrapping the foot.

 

[Eggcessive]

I would keep soaking his feet as needed, treating his leg mites with vaseline, and resting his leg. The way he raises his leg up when he does take a step is kind of interesting. How old is he? He surely is Fancy isn’t he?

 

[DaisyG2317]

It is just his one foot the other is fine. I read that gout occurs in both with chickens but I am not sure how true that is.

In people it can be one foot, both feet, or any joint in the body in addition. Would think in chickens it could be either/or

Hopefully whatever is wrong with Fancy he gets better!