Bumblefeet operation! Am I somewhat doing it right??

I have 9 chickens and most of them have bumble foot Zzz. I'm assuming its from the wood shavings and from jumping up and down the roost. So i worked on two chickens so far.. taking it slowly since I'm super fresh at this. My first chicken i worked on had a veryyyyyyy mild bumble foot and it healed in just a few days. The second chicken i am working on... her right foot is so bad while her left one is just very mild.

This is what it looked like when i peeled the scab back just a little.


Sorry i dont have anymore pics because I was working solo and this pic was taken by my dad but he had to go work on something else afterwards.

Then i peeled off the scab completely. There was a hole in her foot i tried to clear aaway the yellow flesh as much as possible even though her foot started gushing out blood. I applied pressure, cleaned it off with a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol. Afterwards i sprayed Vetericyn Hydrogel all over her wound, I placed a gauze drenched with more hydrogel, and i topped it off with another dry gauze. I wrapped up her feet with vetrap too.

Im gonna go to the drug store tmrow to purchase triple antibiotic cream to boost the healing process if possible :O

So yeah, i hope i somewhat did this right. Any tips, and opinions would help a lot!!!


Not taking any credit for this though! This article on bumblefoot helped me http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/07/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning.html

Here's another good one...
http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2012/03/bumblefoot.html

as a prior vet tech many moons ago, our vet would advise those that couldn't afford his services...lets face it back in the 60's and 70's clients who needed minor surgery had struggling incomes...for simple abscesses etc to numb the area with kanka....used for cankor sores in humans...its stronger than lidocaine for pain numbing the area before the owner was instructed to pull scab add more kanka and stand back before the final scab removal as abscesses are usually under pressure....flush with peroxide and flush final with betidine solution apply antiobiotic powder or if none handy he would ask what was in the owners cabinet....had them crush it up and apply externally into the wound. if it was a big abscess he told owners get out their needle and thread....am no longer a vet tech but still use kanka for hubbies handstitched forehead, dogs abscessed foot pad and performed many a minor surgery or two on my own kids..obviously if no sign of improvement would call the doc and he only had me come in to see my stitch job on my daughters leg and give her a tetanus shot...he said he couldn't have done better...however to each his own..do what you will at your own risk...but my animals get kanka to numb the area first ...if its living and breathing ..it can have pain as well