Thank you for your response. We definitely went pretty deep during the surgery ( approx half inch deep and 3/4 inch across), i think we may have even reached bone. :/ we weren't getting a kernal like everyone else so we kept digging. Ugh, it gives me chills just thinking about it. That poor...
We noticed a large black scab and very swollen pad on a newly adopted chicken two weeks ago. At that time we performed surgery, digging out a lot of gunk, but no kernal. For aftercare we change the dressing every other day. First soaking the foot in a warm epson salt bath, then spraying with...