- Mar 19, 2010
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A week ago my rooster jammed his leg through the chainlink fence of the coop wall and his spur hung up keeping him from getting free. He dangled there for a long time from his leg before I noticed this. I freed him, but his left leg was either broken or dislocated from trying to pull loose. His leg sticks forward and when he sits it sticks out in front of him at an unnatural angle, clearly broken or dislocated. He can't stand on it at all. Does anyone know how I can tell for sure if its dislocated or broken? I can't feel a break, and it could have been dislocated from hanging by its leg and struggling to try to get free.
I have isolated him in a small cage by himself and have been feeding him and giving him water. He does eat and drink and seems to want to try to heal. I have been massaging the injured leg with coconut oil in an effort to improve the circulation and stimulate healing, but am not sure if this is a lost cause or not and would appreciate any input from anyone who might have had something like this happen. I have been advised by a vet who did not see the bird to put him down, but I will only do this if I think he's a lost cause.
I've been putting vitamin C and organic sulfur in his water also to try to stimulate healing. Sulfur increases the permeability of cell membranes allowing for radically improved oxygen transport to the cells; while vitamin C strengthens the collagen, the cement like protein that binds all cells together. Healthy collagen facilitates optimal nutrient transport to the cells and optimal waste transport from the cells.
The impression I have is that he'll never be able to stand and walk again, but I realize I could be wrong. Someone suggested I make a sling to go under his body to suspend him by a bungee cord from the roof of the small cage I have him in so that his feet can touch the ground, then let him down at night. Her thought was that he might eat better if suspended this way so he wouldn't be sitting in his poop.
This accident happened because I have two roosters in the same coop and he was chasing the smaller one when he put his foot through the fence. Makes me wish I'd gotten rid of the small rooster when I first got them- this wouldn't have happened if I'd done that.
Someone gave me these roosters along with several hens a year ago and I built a coop for them. There were two roosters in the person's coop when they gave them to me. The smaller one always just stayed up on the roost and would come down for food and water when the others would go up on the roost at night, otherwise the big one would attack. (Up on the roost the big one would leave the small one alone.)
My question is should I put this rooster down and write him off as a lost cause, or keep doing what I'm doing in the hopes that his leg might eventually heal and that he might someday be able to stand on it again and walk? I don't see any way to splint this broken leg, and maybe its not broken, maybe its dislocated- does anyone know how to tell? It sticks out frontwards at an unnatural angle like I said. I can't feel a break. He sits with the leg out in front of him instead of underneath him like he does with his healthy leg. Should I put him down, or give him a few weeks and see what happens?
I have isolated him in a small cage by himself and have been feeding him and giving him water. He does eat and drink and seems to want to try to heal. I have been massaging the injured leg with coconut oil in an effort to improve the circulation and stimulate healing, but am not sure if this is a lost cause or not and would appreciate any input from anyone who might have had something like this happen. I have been advised by a vet who did not see the bird to put him down, but I will only do this if I think he's a lost cause.
I've been putting vitamin C and organic sulfur in his water also to try to stimulate healing. Sulfur increases the permeability of cell membranes allowing for radically improved oxygen transport to the cells; while vitamin C strengthens the collagen, the cement like protein that binds all cells together. Healthy collagen facilitates optimal nutrient transport to the cells and optimal waste transport from the cells.
The impression I have is that he'll never be able to stand and walk again, but I realize I could be wrong. Someone suggested I make a sling to go under his body to suspend him by a bungee cord from the roof of the small cage I have him in so that his feet can touch the ground, then let him down at night. Her thought was that he might eat better if suspended this way so he wouldn't be sitting in his poop.
This accident happened because I have two roosters in the same coop and he was chasing the smaller one when he put his foot through the fence. Makes me wish I'd gotten rid of the small rooster when I first got them- this wouldn't have happened if I'd done that.
Someone gave me these roosters along with several hens a year ago and I built a coop for them. There were two roosters in the person's coop when they gave them to me. The smaller one always just stayed up on the roost and would come down for food and water when the others would go up on the roost at night, otherwise the big one would attack. (Up on the roost the big one would leave the small one alone.)
My question is should I put this rooster down and write him off as a lost cause, or keep doing what I'm doing in the hopes that his leg might eventually heal and that he might someday be able to stand on it again and walk? I don't see any way to splint this broken leg, and maybe its not broken, maybe its dislocated- does anyone know how to tell? It sticks out frontwards at an unnatural angle like I said. I can't feel a break. He sits with the leg out in front of him instead of underneath him like he does with his healthy leg. Should I put him down, or give him a few weeks and see what happens?
