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post #1 of 11
7/6/12 at 1:11pm
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I have two hens with bumblefoot. I only took pictures of the first hens foot. Is this bumblefoot? I have read a lot about the surgery so I think I know how to do it.

 

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post #2 of 11
7/6/12 at 1:27pm
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That is definitely the start of bumblefoot.

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post #3 of 11
7/6/12 at 1:30pm
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Do I need to preform surgery?

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post #4 of 11
7/6/12 at 1:48pm

From what I read on the bumblefoot surgery thread...I think you should try it now. 

 

At least do the soaking and cleaning part to see if you can get the scab abd plug out easily

 

--Julie

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post #5 of 11
7/6/12 at 1:55pm
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O.K. I'll look at it again and read that.

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post #6 of 11
7/6/12 at 6:39pm

There's also info on treating Bumblefoot on my Poultry Podiatry page.

 

If you have a link to instructions on doing the surgery, I'd appreciate having it so it can be added to the site to help people.

 

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post #7 of 11
7/6/12 at 10:54pm
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SpeckledHills: I just google Bumblefoot in chickens and look at all of the results. =] The BYC article on how to do the surgery is very informative.

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Proud owner of 30 hens (2 bantams Old English Game Hens and 2 Serama hens) 1 Serama rooster 1 attack rooster that I love dearly (for some unknown reason) a herd of very show quality Nigerian Dwarf Goats that can be seen here: http://utterlyblessedfarm.com/.

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post #8 of 11
7/6/12 at 10:58pm
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There's also info on treating Bumblefoot on my Poultry Podiatry page.

 

If you have a link to instructions on doing the surgery, I'd appreciate having it so it can be added to the site to help people.

 

Thanks & best wishes!

 

This is the thread that I find is extremely helpful:

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/236649/bumblefoot-surgery-with-pics-and-how-to

 

--Julie

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post #9 of 11
7/6/12 at 11:11pm
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Thank you Julie! I will do the surgery tomorrow..... Maybe I will take some pictures. . . . . sickbyc.gif

Proud owner of 30 hens (2 bantams Old English Game Hens and 2 Serama hens) 1 Serama rooster 1 attack rooster that I love dearly (for some unknown reason) a herd of very show quality Nigerian Dwarf Goats that can be seen here: http://utterlyblessedfarm.com/.

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Proud owner of 30 hens (2 bantams Old English Game Hens and 2 Serama hens) 1 Serama rooster 1 attack rooster that I love dearly (for some unknown reason) a herd of very show quality Nigerian Dwarf Goats that can be seen here: http://utterlyblessedfarm.com/.

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post #10 of 11
7/7/12 at 4:38pm
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Thank you Julie! I will do the surgery tomorrow..... Maybe I will take some pictures. . . . . sickbyc.gif

So...how did it go?  I'm really interested to see how easy or hard you found it to do...(and how your babies are doing)

 

--Julie

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