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    Hen with severe leg injury

    I have tried yeah. I believe it is at the joint that I would call her "knee". It appears her toes arent working any.
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    Hen with severe leg injury

    One of our two roosters jumped on our smallest hen and did something to her leg. I imagine her leg is out of the socket or something. It's literally resting on the ground behind her. I cant feel anything obviously wrong with it but I'm no professional. She also has poop butt pretty bad come...
  3. Enigmatic roo foot/leg injury/affliction

    Enigmatic roo foot/leg injury/affliction

    I treated my rooster for bumblefoot a few months back and after the surgery he stopped having diarrhea. He still wont put weight on his foot though. Please watch this video and tell me what you guys think?
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    Bumblefoot not healing.

    I just cant believe how many people said things like "oh he'll be all better in a week". I posted on a fb group a month or two ago. Nobody there knew anything. They just pretended they did..no actual experience. I decided to post on here because a website that's harder to access is probably...
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    Bumblefoot not healing.

    So you would soak it after the foot's been opened up? Or before to soften the tissue?
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    Bumblefoot not healing.

    Ok I really appreciate your guys experienced advise, its giving me plenty to think about. Ill hold on the penicillin for now I think. I'll just cut under that tiny scab, then inspect. Hopefully find some string. Is there any way to be more methodical about the hunt for the stringy stuff...
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    Bumblefoot not healing.

    Yeah my roo's looked like that a while back too. He's gotta be on the uphill slope though now because his poop looks really good and healthy. Before it was literally rotten water spraying out. I'm gonna cut that scab off in a little but here and treat him with something. Probably neosporin and...
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    Bumblefoot not healing.

    I know right. I have cut the scab off a few times, is was alot bigger. It's got to be the ribbony type.
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    Bumblefoot not healing.

    Here are some pics of his legs. All of that black stuff under his scales is ash. Their run was build over an old logging slash pile. I soaked and scrubbed his feel with an old tooth brush before I took the close up pic of his pad. We can see that there is a small scab left. I will cut into...
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    Bumblefoot not healing.

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    Bumblefoot not healing.

    Oh ok got it. Thanks for the help! I dont have any pics as I just got a new phone. He was born first week of may 2020. Yeah it started with a scab on his foot pad. About the size of a dime. I should add that I did being him to a local homesteader lady who removed the scab for the 2nd time and...
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    Bumblefoot not healing.

    Hey folks. New to this site. I have an ongoing issues with our huge cuckoo maran rooster (Buck). He has/has bumblefoot. It started a few months ago when just just stopped walking. We brought him inside and put him in a crate by the woodstove. He hardly ate or drank. We researched what to do...
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