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| I got some chicks a couple of weeks ago. A few days ago I noticed that one was holding its leg up. Now he's not looking so good and I'm wondering what I can do for him. It looks like he's got sores on the bottom of the foot. Thanks! |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | Try holding him and soaking his leg in a little bowl of warm Epsom salt water. I had a baby parrot born with big toe syndrome and he ripped it off. The soaking helped. |
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| Okay, I'll try that. I was wondering if I could put some kind of ointment on it. |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | To be honest I don't remember if we did. He survived and is 19 years old this year... And I just asked my father he said just by soaking. Maybe read underwoods or vetericyn bottles ( I don't have one or I would) to see of it's safe for birds. Worse case is maybe some Vaseline if it needs to stay moist. |
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| I was thinking Vaseline or vitamin E cream. Hopefully the soaking takes care of it, I sure feel bad for him. |
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| ndiehl - 2014-04-04 1:45 PM
To be honest I don't remember if we did. He survived and is 19 years old this year... And I just asked my father he said just by soaking. Maybe read underwoods or vetericyn bottles ( I don't have one or I would) to see of it's safe for birds. Worse case is maybe some Vaseline if it needs to stay moist.
Wow!! A 19 year old chicken!! In human years or chicken years? |
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| I had a chick like that. Soak the leg in warm salt water for a little bit and then put Udder Balm on it for a few days. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Sequester it alone... Other chicks will peck at anything showing weakness. |
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| Thanks for the advice. I hadn't thought about putting him by himself. He's kind of staying by himself as it is, but I'll probably go ahead and separate him. |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | RareGold#2 - 2014-04-04 7:00 PM
ndiehl - 2014-04-04 1:45 PM
To be honest I don't remember if we did. He survived and is 19 years old this year... And I just asked my father he said just by soaking. Maybe read underwoods or vetericyn bottles ( I don't have one or I would) to see of it's safe for birds. Worse case is maybe some Vaseline if it needs to stay moist.
Wow!! A 19 year old chicken!! In human years or chicken years?
Lol it was a parrot I posted about in the first reply. |
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Location: Texas | Sores on the bottom of the foot sounds like bumble foot. But I've never heard of a chick getting it so young. If it is don't touch it with bare hands that's staf and you could get it. I just treated my rooster. It involves cutting the infected tissue out and vet wrapping with triple antibiotic |
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| Married2Rodeo - 2014-04-05 7:49 PM
Sores on the bottom of the foot sounds like bumble foot. But I've never heard of a chick getting it so young. If it is don't touch it with bare hands that's staf and you could get it. I just treated my rooster. It involves cutting the infected tissue out and vet wrapping with triple antibiotic
Geez, I had no idea how much work these chicks were going to be! What was I thinking?! Keeping them warm has been quite the chore with all of the cold weather we're still having. I thought they were pretty self-reliant, guess I should have done a little more research before jumping into this project!
I soaked it in Epsom salt, and the little chicky fell asleep and totally relaxed with its feet in the warm water. Then I used a cotton swab and applied Vaseline to the bottom of the foot. I'm going to soak it again here in a bit. I googled bumble foot, and that's not really what my chick's foot looks like, but I'll still glove up just in case. I read on a site that I could put Vetericyn on it, so I'll go ahead and put that on and see if it helps. He's still up and eating/drinking, and he kind of hobbles around, so hopefully that's a good sign. |
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| I don't know about the feet but I know you must put it separate ASAP or the other chickens will tear it apart. They ganged up on one of mine and killed it in less than an hour. Good luck. |
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