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Author Topic: Rooster's toes bent backwards.  (Read 3218 times)

Marches Farmer

  • Joined Dec 2012
  • Herefordshire
Re: Rooster's toes bent backwards.
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2017, 09:07:47 am »
We have an old puppy cage that's used for sick birds - thick layer of shavings for bedding.  We put a board on top to make them feel safe from predators and keep it in an outbuilding, with food and water available at all times.  A couple of days' rest often works, although we then put them in a larger pen on their own until we're happy they're fit to join the scrum of a larger group.

Eve

  • Joined Jul 2010
Re: Rooster's toes bent backwards.
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2017, 10:50:33 am »
Feel the temperature of your cockerel's legs and then compare it to other chickens' legs. Chickens legs easily feel warm - to the extent that it can feel as if they peed on your legs when they're sitting on your lap  :D  Also try feeling other birds' hocks, just for comparison.
Only suggesting it since when we had our first ever ill pig, we thought he was breathing rather fast, only to then see his healthy brothers breathe the same  :-[  #howtofeelsilly



From your description I too would not despatch him but leave him to rest unless his situation changes and he becomes undoubtedly in a lot of pain. There's an issue with his toes but from what you mention he's not suffering. Our bodies don't always have to be perfect  ;) 


Is there a good chicken vet near you?




 

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