sores on knees of 3months old cockeral

[samy]

My cockeral is 3 months old. He developed sores on the knees with some redness but no pus. I noticed this yesterday when he seems lethargic and stopped eating. Poop looks alright. I also searched for bumblefoot but he has it on both knees. This for sure isnt from any injury as last month i also noticed a small sore/scab on his knees and ignored it. Could anyone help please.

 

[Eggcessive]

Welcome to BYC. Can you post a picture of the chick? Has it been sitting/walking on it's hocks for some reason? That would sound like a vitamin deficiency (riboflavin) or signs of other possible diseases of the joints, such as viral arthritis or mycoplasm synoviae.

 

[samy]

 

[samy]

 

[samy]

Here are the pics . He has been walking normally but he has been lazy. Today his poop was watery and whitish. And he isnt eating again. I put neosporin on his hocks. i want him to survive. Ahh my poor butterpuff

 

[gander007]

Ok where or what is he sleeping on as it is apparent he
is not roosting and I am willing to bet this is part of
your problem

 

[gander007]

Alright I enlarged this photo to look real good at the injuries and believe you might want to feed him some hard boiled egg's -the shell just mash it up real good and feed it to him and get him something soft to sleep or rest on ......

 

[samy]

Thanks for your reply. He along with other buddies love to roost. I had to feed him his favourite boil rice today. I have never fed him crushed egg shells but will try.
May i know how to check his body temp as it seems warm to me?

 

[Eggcessive]

Chickens who are not laying eggs (including all chicks and roosters) should not get calcium supplements like egg shell because it may cause gout later on. But do give him scrambled egg--the protein in chick feed would be better than rice since he is eating poorly. Here are a couple of articles on the diseases I posted earlier.
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/164/viral-arthritis
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/99/mycoplasma-synoviae-infection-ms-infectious-synovitis

 

[gander007]

Thanks for your reply. He along with other buddies love to roost. I had to feed him his favourite boil rice today. I have never fed him crushed egg shells but will try.
May i know how to check his body temp as it seems warm to me?

So sorry it is the crushed hard boiled egg's not the shells but if you like a lot of people crush up the shells and feed them to the egg laying chickens to replenish the calcium they loos when producing egg's .