Is my roosters toe broken?
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| | This morning we noticed that he was barely moving, and when I went out to check on him I found him face first just laying in mud not moving. Brought him in and noticed he isn’t using his foot to support his weight, he just kept falling over and wasn’t even trying to stand. He has some swelling on his toe that i haven’t noticed before, and the thing just looks a bit messed up. A couple months ago he lost his talon, it’s fully healed now and starting to grow back. Could it be growing pains? Or could there be some infection internally in his foot from the injury that is making it hard for him to stand? The break was pretty gnarly, it was bleeding a ton and we had medical tape on it for a couple weeks with corn starch in it to force it to clot and heal. I washed the stinky guy up and he’s in a cage in my room now. If it is broken I want to keep him away from the other chickens and the outside environment so he can rest and heal, I don’t want him moving until he can walk properly again. At the moment he is able to stand normally but he is still off balance and not completely using his leg. He can still bend the toes on the messed up foot and he can grip my hand pretty well, so I don’t think he’s losing mobility in his foot or anything. And yes his feet are always that red, always have been and especially in chilly weather. It just rained so the ground is cold My parents are pretty positive he broke it but I wanted more opinions and hopefully some advice to help him heal. Right now I’m just going to make sure he isn’t moving around too much, we have a safe place for him to sleep tonight in the coop so he doesn’t get too stressed by being away from his hens. I’m going to keep supervising him every day and if he doesn’t get better my parents will take him to the vet so we can find out whats up I know it probably looks like he’s standing up fine in the image but he keeps losing his balance every now and then, and a couple hours ago he couldn’t even hold himself up without my help. Any help is greatly appreciated 🫶 I want to make sure my boy is gonna be okay. I’ll answer any questions you ask [link] [comments] |
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