Saraschickens
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- Dec 8, 2023
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Hi! I have a houdan rooster, about 6-7 months old. His feet look bad, and seem to be getting worse. I'm thinking maybe bumblefoot or maybe mites... 
I've only dealt with bumblefoot once ever, and it was actually with my female houdan several months ago. We caught that very early and took care of it quickly, but man do I not want to do that again. Thankfully we were able to cure that without cutting at all, took about 2 months of wrapping her feet. She's mostly confined (free roams a few hours a day), where as he is fully free roaming. I put him in a pen with a free roaming hen at night only, for safety purposes. The pen is clean. He was getting on the roof of the chicken coop at night to roost for a week straight before we got his night time pen built, and we noticed the sharp gutter cut his feet on the tops. That has healed.
I've seen scaly leg mites on my silkies in the past. So I'm familiar with what they look like. This doesn't look like mites to me, especially because it's only on the bottom of the feet. I just realized I only took pictures of the bottoms not the tops, but the tops look fine. Smooth and healthy. I just added one of the top, kind of.
I bandaged him up. I've been washing them with Dawn dishsoap, putting rubbing alcohol (my husband suggested), after dry, putting Vetericyn hydrogel all over his feet, after dry adding neosporin (without painkiller), this time I used PRID. I've been lazy on changing his bandages though (because I don't know what it is yet, and just because I was being lazy). It was a ton of work treating the bumblefoot on my hen Dana. This is Danny (sometimes Houdanny). They are a trip! So much fun! A great breed to have around. I'm new to them, and he has the funniest sounds and best personality! Like nothing I've ever seen!
He was puffed up in the one picture. He follows me around.
Thanks in advance to anyone with an opinion or suggestion on this.
I've only dealt with bumblefoot once ever, and it was actually with my female houdan several months ago. We caught that very early and took care of it quickly, but man do I not want to do that again. Thankfully we were able to cure that without cutting at all, took about 2 months of wrapping her feet. She's mostly confined (free roams a few hours a day), where as he is fully free roaming. I put him in a pen with a free roaming hen at night only, for safety purposes. The pen is clean. He was getting on the roof of the chicken coop at night to roost for a week straight before we got his night time pen built, and we noticed the sharp gutter cut his feet on the tops. That has healed.I've seen scaly leg mites on my silkies in the past. So I'm familiar with what they look like. This doesn't look like mites to me, especially because it's only on the bottom of the feet. I just realized I only took pictures of the bottoms not the tops, but the tops look fine. Smooth and healthy. I just added one of the top, kind of.
I bandaged him up. I've been washing them with Dawn dishsoap, putting rubbing alcohol (my husband suggested), after dry, putting Vetericyn hydrogel all over his feet, after dry adding neosporin (without painkiller), this time I used PRID. I've been lazy on changing his bandages though (because I don't know what it is yet, and just because I was being lazy). It was a ton of work treating the bumblefoot on my hen Dana. This is Danny (sometimes Houdanny). They are a trip! So much fun! A great breed to have around. I'm new to them, and he has the funniest sounds and best personality! Like nothing I've ever seen!
He was puffed up in the one picture. He follows me around.Thanks in advance to anyone with an opinion or suggestion on this.
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