Post by twistedtimbershomest on Feb 13, 2023 13:00:55 GMT -5
I thought my roo was just injury too, but a couple weeks later the second foot/leg was getting sore too. Im not sure about Epsom salt but was really amazed my hen recovered and believe the iodine gave lasting protection in the coop. Her guts came out with an egg. Everything was plastered with poop. After getting the egg out I couldn't tuck dirty swollen guts back inside her hence the long baths. So after getting the guts clean as possible, (they were still dirty) I doused with iodine and slowly things retreated on their own and she recovered. I'm guessing iodine won't hurt your roo, and may offer lasting protection. I believe I could of saved my roo if I used fish antibiotics, iodined, splinted and soaked him from the git go. I lost my rooster with the wait and see approach. I really believe the injury could of healed without the secondary infection which was causing swelling and damage. My roo's feet and legs skin looked clean but the damage could be felt. There is no shortage of stories about chickens getting about with damaged feet and legs, so getting rid of a system wide infection is a bigger concern. So whether its poison, disease, frostbite, you have to stop the system wide infection. i know how devastating losing your roo will be. The closest replacement roo I could find is 600 miles away. I just hatched shipped eggs looking for a replacement and knew as soon as they hatched the quality I'm looking for isn't there, only two eggs hatched and both look like hens. Incidentally, I like small combs too and that's a trait I've been breeding for and had that locked down in my small flock of project Ameraucanas.