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

[Wyorp Rock]

Is there a way you can gather him up, hold him and have someone take several photos of both legs and feet (including bottom of feet too) please?

 

[ShanaAnn]

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?

Thank you. He is about 3 or 4 years old. We call him Fancy Pants.

 

[ShanaAnn]

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!

Yes I would think either or too. My husband has it in his knee sometime. The part where his leg meets his feathers looks swollen also.

 

[ShanaAnn]

Is there a way you can gather him up, hold him and have someone take several photos of both legs and feet (including bottom of feet too) please?

Yes when my husband gets home.

 

[LaFleche]

Yes I would think either or too. My husband has it in his knee sometime. The part where his leg meets his feathers looks swollen also.

This could be very well caused by his long spurs.
Three days ago I just cut the spurs of my senior La Flèche rooster because his overgrown spurs chafed against the joints of his legs with every step he took.

Since then he is back to his old self and walking normally again.

 

[ShanaAnn]

OK guys We checked on Fancy again a little bit ago. Sorry these pictures are graphic, but I think we found his issue. The spot on top of his foot was just a scale I thought it might be a scab but it was not. The bottom of his toe was fine just scales coming off then he saw the hole. We soaked him about 10 mins in epson salt and the rest of the scale came off.Poor baby had all that gunk in the hole. Flushed the hole out and packed it with ointment, gauze then wrap. Giving him another round of penicillin. Thank you to everyone for all of the help!!Now I need to know how often I need to change his dressing!!

 

[LaFleche]

how often I need to change his dressing!!

I would change it daily and keep him somewhere dry and clean until this hole is closed.

 

[ShanaAnn]

This could be very well caused by his long spurs.
Three days ago I just cut the spurs of my senior La Flèche rooster because his overgrown spurs chafed against the joints of his legs with every step he took.

Since then he is back to his old self and walking normally again.

He actually broke his spur off of the injured foot last year. I would love to know how to cut his other one off.

 

[ShanaAnn]

I would change it daily and keep him somewhere dry and clean until this hole is closed.

Yes he is up off the ground with some shaving that he loves. His pen gets cleaned out everyday. About how long for it to heal?

 

[LaFleche]

He actually broke his spur off of the injured foot last year. I would love to know how to cut his other one off.

We used a Dremel which worked really well. No blood at all.
https://www.dremel.com/en_US/

There is a video on youtube on how to go about it correctly: