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I'm so sorry! I don't know how I missed that you posted! I'm a bad member! lol
I doubt a chick that young has bumblefoot. If it was my chick, I'd just leave it alone. Of course you posted a little while back - so I don't know where you stand now.
Skye ultimately healed completely. Of course his bumblefoot was SO severe that it did leave him scarred and his foot lost a lot of mobility. It's almost like his bones/cartilage fused together. But he went back outside and lived with the rest of the chickens. He did very well. He wasn't much of a wanderer after he went he back out - stayed pretty close to his house.
After everything that I had been through with Skye, I did end up losing him a few weeks ago. I cried. I don't cry very often anymore over losing a chicken. But I did with him. He was my boy. Long story short to how I lost him - I had to bring my livestock guardian dog in one night due to other circumstances and some predator figured out that quick that the dog wasn't out there. That's all it took. Whatever it was that night killed Skye, another rooster that was aiming for a breeding pen, and 3 3 month old turkey poults. I was so mad. To make matters worse the stupid thing didn't even eat them.
I doubt a chick that young has bumblefoot. If it was my chick, I'd just leave it alone. Of course you posted a little while back - so I don't know where you stand now.
Skye ultimately healed completely. Of course his bumblefoot was SO severe that it did leave him scarred and his foot lost a lot of mobility. It's almost like his bones/cartilage fused together. But he went back outside and lived with the rest of the chickens. He did very well. He wasn't much of a wanderer after he went he back out - stayed pretty close to his house.
After everything that I had been through with Skye, I did end up losing him a few weeks ago. I cried. I don't cry very often anymore over losing a chicken. But I did with him. He was my boy. Long story short to how I lost him - I had to bring my livestock guardian dog in one night due to other circumstances and some predator figured out that quick that the dog wasn't out there. That's all it took. Whatever it was that night killed Skye, another rooster that was aiming for a breeding pen, and 3 3 month old turkey poults. I was so mad. To make matters worse the stupid thing didn't even eat them.
The one hen had it pretty bad, it went from the bottom of her foot to the top between her toes. That's how I noticed the problem and decided to check the rest of my girls. Of course it's a rainy mess all day today and they have their feet in bandages. I hope to change the bandages when I get out of work tonight and hopefully everything is starting to heal. One of my hens really only had a scab and I could not find any infection inside the wound. She also was bleeding a lot. Fingers crossed they all heal ok. Their coop got a very thorough clean today and we completely changed the way they roost in case that was a cause (might have been up too high). I can't think of anything else to change. They free range the yard, grass, dirt, compost pile. Nothing unusual for them to get into.
