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Yeah, animals typically need daily dressings because they can't tell us if something feels weird in there, and it's not like we can tell them to not do animal things! And of course! I like helping people (and animals!) :)

I'm glad you asked! Wounds, especially infected ones, can fester and become very severe in very little time. Leaving dressings on for more than 24 hours will cause moisture to seep in, which makes it a breeding ground for bacteria, especially taking into consideration how much bacteria chickens...

Every day until it's healed, otherwise the wound will fester and become infected. :)

We look forward to seeing you then! :)

Definitely start tonight! The sooner it's done, the better! (And the more free time you'll have!) :)

The coop and run still need cleaning or it'll come back! ;)

That should do fine. Keep an eye on it and change the dressings every day until it heals. It's still bumblefoot, you just caught it in an early stage. :)

Yeah, bumblefoot is essentially a scrape or cut that becomes infected due to dirty conditions.

I'm sorry, how do you know it was infected if there wasn't any pus? You'll need to soak it in iodine, then spray it with Veterycin and apply the Neosporin before covering it with gauze and wrapping it. It should heal on its own.

Thanks for the tag, @Chicalina! We definitely need pics to see the severity of the bumblefoot and what it would take to treat it. Some can easily be drained and cleaned, whereas others need more invasive measures. The first step to treating it isn't the chicken -- it's removing the causes of...