Rescued Rooster with severe Bumblefoot (Both feet) advice/help needed.

You have been given some good advice above by both Beekissed and ChickenCanoe. The bumblefoot doesn't look that bad, but the other issue causing the swelling (bacterial arthritis, such as staph or MS, or articular gout) is probably the thing causing the pain. Staph arthritis is the most common in poultry. If you would like to read more about gout, here are some good sources:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/3509/gout-management-in-poultry/
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/poult...s-of-poultry/urate-deposition-gout-in-poultry

Here are a couple of articles on bacterial arthritis:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/143/staphylococcosis-staphylococcal-arthritis-bumble-foot/

Mycoplasma synoviae (from The University of FL)

Synonyms: MS, infectious synovitis, synovitis, silent air sac
Species affected: chickens and turkeys.
Clinical signs: Birds infected with the synovitis form show lameness, followed by lethargy, reluctance to move, swollen joints, stilted gait, loss of weight, and formation of breast blisters. Birds infected with the respiratory form exhibit respiratory distress. Greenish diarrhea is common in dying birds (see Table 1). Clinically, the disease in indistinguishable from MG.
Transmission: MS is transmitted from infected breeder to progeny via the egg. Within a flock, MS is spread by direct contact with infected birds as well as through airborne particles over short distances.
Treatment: Recovery is slow for both respiratory and synovitis forms. Several antibiotics are variably effective. The most effective are tylosin, erthromycin, spectinomycin, lincomycin, and chlorotectracycline. These antibiotics can be given by injection while some can be administered in the feed or drinking water. These treatments are most effective when the antibiotics are injected.
Prevention: Eradication is the best and only sure control. Do not use breeder replacements from flocks that have had MS. The National Poultry Improvement Plan monitors for MS.

Thank you so much for all the info, I will quickly say I'm relieved I won't have to dig into those feet, (yet?) as that was worrying me. Most of the stuff I'd heard on bumblefoot encouraged you to do some minor surgery asap but I'm glad that isn't the case. I hope that the espom salts will help with a lot and I'll pick up some good bedding asap and get him in a pen with deep litter.
I hadn't even heard of gout in birds so I appreciate the info and I'll do what I can there!! I don't think it's MS as he seems perfectly fine except for his feet.. well although one of the hens that came with him had some of the symptoms that could be signs of MS, including the green diarrhea when she was at her lowest point... but she's almost full recovered from her illness... groan!! to many variables.. Hopefully we can get him feeling better here in a couple/few weeks!!!
(sorry it took so long for me to reply back, I got really sick so I've been out of commission the last day or two.)

Surgery was the prescribed course of action for years, till it was discovered TLC and some herbal treatments did just as well if not better.

Besides the Epsom salt baths, I'm sure he will need some herbal help.
Have you started working on the scaly leg mites?

I have a rooster that seems to be favoring a foot so I need to check it out tonight. It doesn't look swollen but I'll find out what's up.

ChickenCanoe said:

Can you post a picture of the bottoms of his feet/toes?
I'm thinking scaly leg mite and possibly a combination of mites and bumblefoot.
Here's a post with discussion of bumblefoot treatment I posted today.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...chooks-and-many-many-more/25890#post_17960252

He looks like he needs his nails trimmed too. Were they on wire?

The best approach with a bad infestation of scaly leg mites is to cull.
Barring that, brush chickens legs and roosts once a month with a solution of one part kerosene to two parts linseed oil.
Use ivermectin, 1/4 cc by mouth. Don't use it if the birds will be used for eggs or meat.

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Leg mites easy to treat. Smother legs in petroleum jellyevery day for a week. This smothers mites and a dose of ivermectin for all in flock. Bumblefoot a lot more work. A vet can surgically remove or alternatively soak feet in warm salty water about 5 mins. Then see if you can get any of core out, it may bleed so have gauze ready. Use betadine on clean gauze cover bumblefoot area then wrap in horse bandage daily. Place toes together and wrap from toes up to leg. The rooster will not be able to walk well once bandaged.The rooster will need to housed in seperate very clean cage and it will take approximately a month before their foots healed. And I like to give them antibiotics for a week. It can’t go back outside until foots healed.

Beekissed said:

I wouldn't dig around on those feet at all. Just the soak, the cleanse and the CO and let that work. Let the treatment work and give him time with good care and feed to see how things go. If you start trying to remove tissue or dig around on those spots, you could hurt him even more than he's hurting now and make it worse. No matter what anyone says, you don't have to remove those centers or cores in order for it to heal. I've taken care of some mighty sore feet on neglected birds previously that had sores on the bottom much like his and with the good care they just went away pretty quickly.

Right now I'd just worry about getting that swelling and tenderness down and leave the sores alone. I've spent almost half my life doing wound care on humans, so I know a thing or two about wounds and inflammation. Please don't dig around on those feet.

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So I know this is old post but I have a duck with bumblefoot and she's got liquidy inflammation around a scab that's not black. It's gotten bad over the past couple weeks. There's also a hard bulge under it that's hard and it's swollen on the top along the bone. I went to the vet today and they prescribed a form of amoxicillin called clavamox . But just now I was thinking, I wonder if castor oil would help with that. I attached a picture to see your thoughts. If so about how long will it take for it to show progress? I don't want to let it get worse with trial and error. This picture was this morning and it's worse tonight. I've been soaking and using Epsom salt poultice daily.

Beekissed said:

I wouldn't dig around on those feet at all. Just the soak, the cleanse and the CO and let that work. Let the treatment work and give him time with good care and feed to see how things go. If you start trying to remove tissue or dig around on those spots, you could hurt him even more than he's hurting now and make it worse. No matter what anyone says, you don't have to remove those centers or cores in order for it to heal. I've taken care of some mighty sore feet on neglected birds previously that had sores on the bottom much like his and with the good care they just went away pretty quickly.

Right now I'd just worry about getting that swelling and tenderness down and leave the sores alone. I've spent almost half my life doing wound care on humans, so I know a thing or two about wounds and inflammation. Please don't dig around on those feet.

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Have you seen anything like this? The bumble was a hard bulge then flattened, then buldged again quickly, then red scab, swelling around scab that seemed airy, then seemed like liquid inside, bigger and bigger and now this

@Moments You are really better off starting a new thread in the duck forum.