My rooster lost his entire spur....what now?

[Evart Chickens]

My Buff rooster is a little aggressive towards men and tried to go after my grown son, who put up his foot in defense to keep from getting spurred. The rooster ended up hitting his steel toed boot so hard that his spur completely broke off and was bleeding really badly from it. I caught him, wrapped him up in a towel, used hydrogen peroxide to clean it up, put a gob of triple antibiotic in the wound and then bandaged him up. Was this the right course of treatment and will he be ok? Will the spur regrow eventually or is it gone for good?

He is currently segregated in a small dog house where I will keep him for at least a few days to make sure he is good. How long should I keep him away from the hens to keep him from re-injuring himself in trying to mount them.

I put part of an aspirin in his water for pain medicine and my husband suggests some penicillin in the water also to help make sure there is no infection. Anyone have suggestions?

We are relatively new to raising chickens and this is quite the shock to see how it broke off completely and left a gaping hole in his leg where it had been. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome! You've done a great job cleaning his wound! Unless you have the actual aspirin dosage for him, leave it out; what if he doesn't drink bad tasting water at all? Putting an antibiotic in the water is also a very bad idea; there's not an infection, he may not drink, and underdosing or overdosing any drug is very bad practice. Mary

 

[Evart Chickens]

Thank you for your response Mary, I got the aspirin dosage from a local vet last year when I had a couple chickens get into a fight and one tried to cannibalize the other one. She told me to just crush it into her water. I managed to save her and nurse her back to health with triple antibiotics and aspirin for pain along with keeping her in my house over the winter in my laundry basket (LOL).

 

[aldarita]

I had the same thing happened with one of my roosters. He did not attack anybody, I just went in the run and saw the spur on the ground, then look for the "owner" and there he was. I cleaned the area very well with veterycin and then put an antimicrobial cream all over and wrapped the foot with vetwrap, I cleaned the wound everyday until it healed. The spur is growing back, very slowly but it is growing back.
Check the wound every day since it might have been deep if the whole spur came out and clean it and wrap it very well.

Good luck!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

My Buff rooster is a little aggressive towards men and tried to go after my grown son, who put up his foot in defense to keep from getting spurred. The rooster ended up hitting his steel toed boot so hard that his spur completely broke off and was bleeding really badly from it. I caught him, wrapped him up in a towel, used hydrogen peroxide to clean it up, put a gob of triple antibiotic in the wound and then bandaged him up. Was this the right course of treatment and will he be ok? Will the spur regrow eventually or is it gone for good?

He is currently segregated in a small dog house where I will keep him for at least a few days to make sure he is good. How long should I keep him away from the hens to keep him from re-injuring himself in trying to mount them.

I put part of an aspirin in his water for pain medicine and my husband suggests some penicillin in the water also to help make sure there is no infection. Anyone have suggestions?

We are relatively new to raising chickens and this is quite the shock to see how it broke off completely and left a gaping hole in his leg where it had been. Any help is greatly appreciated.

If his spur broke off even with his foot and he is "slick legged" his spur will not grow back. If he still has the spur quick on his shank it will grow back because he has something for his spur to grow from. I hope that this helps you.

 

[aldarita]

If his spur broke off even with his foot and he is "slick legged" his spur will not grow back. If he still has the spur quick on his shank it will grow back because he has something for his spur to grow from. I hope that this helps you.

That is exactly right, I forgot to mention that my rooster still had the quick on his leg, he lost the hard part only.

 

[Evart Chickens]

My rooster lost the entire spur I believe as there is a hole where it would have normally been attached. There is a cone shaped hole about the size of a pea where it originally attached that bled badly. Do you think that it will still grow back based on this and do you think that my "doctoring" will work? How long should I keep him away from the "girls" and quiet in the dog kennel? Any idea of how long it will take to heal? Thanks for any feedback as I am in the dark on this and appreciate any information that anyone can share.

 

[Folly's place]

If he's eating well and not lame, move him back to the flock. Plan to keep a clean bandage on his leg for a while, until it closes over. And hope he's not going to be a twit anymore! Mary

 

[chicksurreal]

We just had this happen yesterday. Our Cuckoo Marans roo lost a spur somehow and it was bleeding badly. He still has a stub sticking out though. We washed it well, applied antibiotic ointment, bandaged it and let him go about his business. I didn't think it was necessary to isolate him unless he couldn't walk or something like that.

I'm watching him closely as he seems to be resting a lot, but he's eating and drinking and roosting, so I think it's okay. It looks terrible, like a broken bone, but he is walking on that leg without a limp and seems to be okay. My main concern was the bleeding and the possibility of infection.

 

[kdim71]

If his spur broke off even with his foot and he is "slick legged" his spur will not grow back. If he still has the spur quick on his shank it will grow back because he has something for his spur to grow from. I hope that this helps you.

Should the other spur be removed? I read somewhere that you should remove the other one? I saw no reason as to why. I dont see any harm with him keeping it that im aware of.