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    bumble foot in all my chickens

    Exactly how I felt, my wife was not impressed with my tossing and turning last night. My girls come for treats but are almost impossible to pick up until they go up to roost for the night. I was thinking there's no way I stay up til midnight dressing their feet every night just to have it...
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    New member having bumblefoot issues

    Here are pictures of my other girls feet that are in question. The do not have the hot red swollen appearance of the one I operated on today. Which again makes me wonder as some say that they are normal scabs and will heal without intervention. Also attached are pictures of my coop, I...
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    New member having bumblefoot issues

    I operated on the one with the redness and swelling. The left kernel came from the swollen foot along with a lot of pus. The right kernel came from her other foot and appeared to be just healthy tissue below it.
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    bumble foot in all my chickens

    Btw they black one ran through poop, so there's that on the pad.
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    bumble foot in all my chickens

    @rahaf could you please look at these and tell me if they look like the scabs you had heal on those own? I operated on the one with the redness and swelling. Did get a corn and a lot of our from that one, so clearly was humble, but these are the ones I'm not sure about.
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    bumble foot in all my chickens

    Omg, this is exactly what I wanted to hear. Any post u see with even a little scab says "its bumble, cut it out". I was starting to question how chickens can ever be chickens and scratch around doing chicken stuff if that's the case.
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    New member having bumblefoot issues

    I will tomorrow as I start treating. All but the red swollen one are just the typical small black scab in the center of the foot pad. Was looking at them again tonight, almost all of them have that scab. I feel terrible, with no one limping and all going about business as usual I had no...
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    New member having bumblefoot issues

    Ill put that on my list things to adjust. I based my coop on my neighbor who has had chickens for decades. His australorps are confined to a run and in the winter his garden. When I asked him about bumblefoot, he said he's never had a single case. But that said lower and softer couldn't...
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    New member having bumblefoot issues

    Thank you.
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    bumble foot in all my chickens

    This threads been dormant a bit, but if really like to know how it turned out. I have 20 hens and 2 roosters. My flock is a mix of Easter eggers, olive eggers, black copper marans, welsummers, and blue americaunas. This spring I had one girl come down with bumblefoot. I soaked it with...
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    New member having bumblefoot issues

    I started this adventure last May when I started with 22 chicks. I have 20 hens and 2 roosters. My food is a mis of Easter eggers, olive eggers, black copper marans, welsummers, and blue americaunas. This spring I had one girl come down with bumblefoot. I soaked it with Epsom salts...
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