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    Advice please! Is this Bumblefoot?

    I think her feet have been swollen since the mites a month ago, but not like that. Just a little swelling before.
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    Advice please! Is this Bumblefoot?

    We just went through a cold snap of well below zero (-16C). I initially thought frostbite, as her feet/toes were stiff & and brought her in to warm up her feet and put them in luke warm water. We kept her in for 2 days, and that’s when we noticed the swelling.
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    Advice please! Is this Bumblefoot?

    I just intensively cleaned the coop, sprayed permethrin and we treated the chickens with it as well. We did ivermectin previously as well (2 treatments a month ago). I didn’t dose the girls though today.
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    Advice please! Is this Bumblefoot?

    She is on egg layer feed, with occasional meal worms, corn for the winter (last feed of the day), and oats as treats, but about every third day. We hatched and raised our hens at home, but due to city regulations we board them 40 minutes away. We visit them every 2-3 days to care for them, and...
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    Advice please! Is this Bumblefoot?

    It’s from between the toes, and then the swelling goes down. After a long soak in epsom salts the swelling between the toes almost look like a blister filled with water. There is no real swelling around the black on her toe
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    Advice please! Is this Bumblefoot?

    Hi friends, Our favorite chicken (Clover) is favouring her leg. She stretches it out behind her with each step, and she hasn’t gone up to roost in weeks. I did find a black spot underneath on her back toe (the smallest one), but she also has been battling other conditions recently (mites &...
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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

    Thank you. We appreciate your kind thoughts.
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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

    Thank you. 🤗 We certainly miss her.
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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

    Thank you. Thanks for all for the advice. We really did everything we could. Who knew chickens could be so awesome!
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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

    She passed away. Her oviduct broke while removing the eggs.
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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

    Here’s what we are dealing with. 4 eggs, the one on the far right is caught in the tissue. She has been in the vet for 1.5 hours. We are waiting outside to find out if it’s successful or she passes
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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

    No, the X-ray was $180 on top of our visit. The vet said she could feel a hard mass when she had her finger in her vent, it’s in her upper digestive tract BUT tissue is blocking the way to the mass. The vet thinks it’s a formed yoke that got stuck and then had layer and layer of shell deposited...
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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

    $180-500. Our vet is trying to arrange for someone to do the surgery about 5 hours away. My daughters friends and community have raised $210 so far, if the surgery goes ahead. Flower is still alert and wants to be near us at all times, but doesn’t want to drink today. She pecks a little at apple...
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    Egg bound or Vent Gleet? - Advice please

    We are doing our best to help her. She’s such a cuddle bug. She snuggles between my daughter and I while we sit with her My 11 year old daughter is doing everything she can to raise money for surgery, so who knows? The vet was amazed at how sweet and cuddly she is. She still has will to live...
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