Re: rooster update

Ginny <glvl88@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:13ullob29o4us10@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

enigma wrote:
i hauled the Barred Rock roo to the vet this morning. he
has
a broken hock (stupid goat!).
obviously the sensible thing to do with a broken roo is
euthanize, but no... he's home again with a splint on his
leg.
he's eating & drinking well & has only a residual bit of
wheeze from his cold, which doesn't concern the vet at
all.
if anyone has suggestions for getting a one legged chook
back
to pearching, i'd like to hear :) i suspect he will need
to figure out how to balance, which may be easier now that
the hock is stabilized.

Don't let him roost! Leave him on the ground for at least a
month. It is jumping down that will stress the break and it
won't heal.

well, he's in a crate now & the 'roost' would only be an inch
or so off the floor.
as it is currently, he's not really getting his good leg
under him, so he tends to lean on the bad side. he did manage
to move himself around in the crate after we got back from the
vet, so he was facing away from the food & water. when i
turned him back around (i was showing the kid how his leg was
splinted) he attacked the food. silly roo!

lee
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