That’s what I treated it as when she first started limping, but there was never any visible bumble. The first anything became visible was on the top of her foot, started out looking like this:
Cephalexin was delivered this evening, so we’re starting that tomorrow! (It seemed like everyone was out of clindamycin.) The topical spray seems to be making some progress as well - the black is starting to peel and there’s more pink areas showing. So I’m feeling way more optimistic about it!
I just recently noticed a slight smell when I took off the wrapping, and yes also recently it’s started to look sunken. Dang, that doesn’t sound promising. Where did you get clindamycin from? Just checked Tractor Supply with no luck. 🙁
We did a week of twice a day Epsom salts and then once a day for another half a week about.
Aside from flying over the coop fence - about 5 feet tall - there’s nothing else I know of that could have caused it. I had seen her like an hour before and she was fine, and next time I went out she...
Did not see any indication of a break or anything out of alignment. Never found any puncture site either.
We’ve changed wrappings usually once a day to every other day.
Aside from it being swollen, there’s nothing of note on the other side of the leg. This isn’t the best picture but I was...
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My husband and I are currently renting from his parents on their 50 acres in southwest Colorado. We got our first flock of chickens this past spring! We have a mixed flock of several different breeds, and just added a rooster in the last month. It has been a (mostly) enjoyable...
Can anyone tell me what might be going on with this? Our Polish hen flew over the run fence and started limping. Her foot and leg felt swollen and hot. After two days, the scales on the top of her foot split apart, and it’s just gotten worse since then. It has been a month. We’ve tried epsom...