If a staph infection is left untreated, it will eventually migrate to other parts of the body and cause death.
Here are two links I keep on bumblefoot. The second talks about an alternative treatment.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/236649/bumblefoot-surgery-with-pics-and-how-to
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/554991/antibiotics-for-bumblefoot#post_7139022
Just be sure nothing you put on a chicken contains a "caine" drug, such as cetacaine, benzocaine, etc.
Here are two links I keep on bumblefoot. The second talks about an alternative treatment.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/236649/bumblefoot-surgery-with-pics-and-how-to
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/554991/antibiotics-for-bumblefoot#post_7139022
Just be sure nothing you put on a chicken contains a "caine" drug, such as cetacaine, benzocaine, etc.