Speckled Sussex Rooster, 11 mos old rooster has foot dryness on Pacific NW farm, only one out of...

I would soak his foot in warm epsom salt water, put salve on it, light telfa pad or gauze and wrap it with vet wrap, horse wrap that you can get from a tractor supply store.  Pad and wrap will keep it clean. Epsom salt will draw infection out

This looks bad. I also have a hen with a foot issue sortof like this, except she doesn't have any wounds that I can see, just swelled and red, and it doesn't have a hard core on the bottom, like Bumblefoot does, it is soft. If yours has a wound on it, it would seem to me that it would indicate a bacterial infection of some kind. I was reading posts a little while ago, and came across another infection issue, and someone, I think it was "Michael Apple" said to get Pennecillin (?spelling), for this type of infection. He recommended injection, it is an antibiotic that targets bacterial infections. Also, I'm with "Sandyd" on the soak in warm Epsom Salt water, but I would use neosporin specifically on the wound, and maybe vaseline or the other on the rest of the foot and leg. I'm just thinking bacterial infection, since theres a wound, but may not be the culprit, just seems logical to me. Hope he gets better, and hope someone who can diagnose will comment for you.

Maybe you should post in emergencies, injuries, illness etc.

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I think I have? 

 

 

 

I'm hoping to keep an extra eye out for my sister!

I think she might have been talking about me posting my problem on here, which I have done recently, but still don't know what my problem is. I am unable to post pictures for some reason, I guess it's a dial-up issue. Mine doesn't look as bad as yours though, and now it has started on her other foot, so I think mine is not a bacteria problem, but yours looks more like that to me, but I'm not a professional, just going by my own experiences, not by any means an expert on these things, just wanted to answer you with what I have read about stuff like this. It can be an anxious thing, waiting for a response from someone to help you, and wanting  to do something for your chicken. It feels like an emergency, and when you don't know what to do for them you feel so helpless knowing they need help as soon as possible, espically with something like this that's painful. I wish you luck in finding out something, but I still would soak that thing, to give her some relief. If you don't have anything but peroxide, put some of that in the warm water, and if you don't have that, just warm water will help.  

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Sorry, we love this guy... I don't see anything in these photos but our Charlie the Magnificent! being magnificent... maybe signs?

 

 

 

Your Charlie looks just like my favorite rooster, "Little Baby" only bigger (older than him). He's not quite a year old yet, but he looks just like Charlie! Like you, I don't see anything weird, any signs, but like I said I don't know a whole lot about these things, but I have had and raised chickens without problems for about 7 years now (until recently). Maybe someone will answer soon, I don't think there are many online with us at this time of the night/day. I was actually looking for an answer to some of my problems while I was reading posts. You may have to just keep checking the thread for a while or later on in the day, if you don't get an answer before you need to sign off. You can also sign up somewhere to be contacted through your email when someone has updated your post or if you get a private message from someone.