My black Orpington cockerel had a sprained leg and it got better but the last few days his limping is coming back and it seems to be worse. I have started rubbing aspercreme on it to help with the pain
He is in a coop with the alpha rooster so I m assuming that he has been chased off the roost and landed wrong or heavy again. He is a large bird
So I have decided to put him in an 8x8 run and coop with hens for a week to see if I can get his leg better
My fear is when I let him back with the flock it will be worse for him. He is such a beautiful cockerel I would hate to lose him and the 2 black Orpington pullets that I hatched with him from eggs I bought to help out a broody before I got a rooster. The 3 have always been a group til lately and now the pullets seem to be mingling more. They are 6 months old.
I guess my question is would it be wrong to seperate the three. Let the pullets stay in the coop they are in with the alpha rooster and try to get the new cockerel used to the new coop that I have him in today. But that would be the thing to do for the sake of the cockerel?
He is in a coop with the alpha rooster so I m assuming that he has been chased off the roost and landed wrong or heavy again. He is a large bird
So I have decided to put him in an 8x8 run and coop with hens for a week to see if I can get his leg better
My fear is when I let him back with the flock it will be worse for him. He is such a beautiful cockerel I would hate to lose him and the 2 black Orpington pullets that I hatched with him from eggs I bought to help out a broody before I got a rooster. The 3 have always been a group til lately and now the pullets seem to be mingling more. They are 6 months old.
I guess my question is would it be wrong to seperate the three. Let the pullets stay in the coop they are in with the alpha rooster and try to get the new cockerel used to the new coop that I have him in today. But that would be the thing to do for the sake of the cockerel?