Okay, folks ... this handsome fella came in a dog kennel with 12 battered hens from a VERY bad home. All I really know about them is that he's approx. 2 years old, and was abandoned at a rental house of one of my egg customer's sister's.
Now, I've spent a good deal of time observing him. He doesn't seem to be in pain. He walks around, scratches fine, runs, all normal chicken stuff. The only thing that I think is "abnormal" about him is that he doesn't roost on the poles at night, he beds down in the hay. There has to be some kind of discomfort there, I mean sheesh.
Check these ghastly things out:
Here's a shot of the whole roo:
So, before you ask, yes, he's isolated from my flock, as are the hens he was brought with.
The legs on the hens he's lived with are all fine. No leg growths, no scales, but a couple have SERIOUS bumblefoot.
Anyone ever seen anything like this? I was thinking scaly leg mites, but a web search didn't show anything like this.
Thanks in advance-
Em
Now, I've spent a good deal of time observing him. He doesn't seem to be in pain. He walks around, scratches fine, runs, all normal chicken stuff. The only thing that I think is "abnormal" about him is that he doesn't roost on the poles at night, he beds down in the hay. There has to be some kind of discomfort there, I mean sheesh.
Check these ghastly things out:
Here's a shot of the whole roo:
So, before you ask, yes, he's isolated from my flock, as are the hens he was brought with.
The legs on the hens he's lived with are all fine. No leg growths, no scales, but a couple have SERIOUS bumblefoot.
Anyone ever seen anything like this? I was thinking scaly leg mites, but a web search didn't show anything like this.
Thanks in advance-
Em
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