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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.