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You did have very good results with that cream. Great job.

I totally agree with @Chickassan , while it might not exactly be a birthday party, it sure beats gimping along on a painful abscess in their foot! Wrapping your chicken snug as a bug in a rug (towel) Aka “burrito chicken” is the magic in this equation. It calms them, Keeps them warm- which is...

Hi Chicky! I want Santa to send me them for Christmas! Also see my comment below yours.

I was thinking about you today! A stainless steel cuticle pusher would be an awesome surgical tool for cleaning out a bumblefoot. The kind with the sharp curved end.... also sterilizable! The top looks worse because the infection has migrated and is trapped in there. I think you need to...

Your welcome. Hugs!:hugs

Oh MAN! You did a GREAT job getting that plug out of there! :highfive::highfive::highfive::yesss:

I find that a bathroom wastebasket makes an excellent footsoaker for a chicken! They can’t seem to get away!

Good job. You can soak again tonight even.

Here’s a great tip. When wrapping her foot with vet wrap, use a piece about 12- 15 inches long (unstretched)x 3/4 inch wide. I buy the 4 inch rolls and cut it. start and end at the ankle. When you have wrapped the foot and still have a few inches left, snip the tape in the center and pull. It...

How does the bottom of her foot look? If you cut you do not have to stitch. If fact you don’t want to close up that wound with stitches. Bumblefoot is usually a staph infection. And because of that, I suggest wearing gloves when working on them. I know some people don’t but I do...

I feel your pain. My experience: Two of my birds are welsummers and I don’t know what it is that makes them so different from the rest but I am almost always dealing with bumblefoot in one or the other of them. I have gotten much more aggressive in treating it sooner and more completely than...

If you are in the states, did you know you can purchase packages of disposable scalpels at your local feed store? Another option is a new clean xacto knife.