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Ok so stupid question, would charcoal from a charcoal briquette be the right thing? If I mixed a little of that into a comfrey salve?

It's been raining a LOT the last couple weeks and the run is a bit soggy, could it happen that quickly? Is there a name for this? Any thoughts on how to keep it from happening again? I was thinking of putting wood chips in their run, but now I'm thinking that will hurt their feet. I tried...

This was the best I could get with just two hands. I didn't get to this girl until today so this is before the scabs came off. She's all bandaged up now and I have to change the other girls bandages so hopefully her feet will look OK. Thanks so much guys!

I did cause a little bleeding when I picked off a scab...oops:(, so I figured a bandage would be a good idea. I don't want to cause an infection. I've never seen infection on a bird foot, but I assume it would be just as obvious as on a mammal. I had my doubts it was actually bumble foot...

So, maybe I'll nix the hay. One of them jumps down because her little legs are too short for the ladder, but the other is able to walk down. They are very small for Faverolles, they only weigh 4-5 lbs and are the smallest of my girls. If they were normal sized, I would have been less...

They have scabs on their feet, no bleeding and no sign of infection. I hadn't noticed anything wrong until today, they aren't limping and had I not picked one of them up to and specifically looked at her feet, I wouldn't have seen anything amiss. I stood them in warm water with some iodine for...

Hi guys! I have two Faverolles out of 11 hens. They both have sores on their feet. I'm not sure if it's bumblefoot, since I see no sign of infection, but I'm treating it as though it is. I was wondering if Faverolles are more prone to it than other breeds. None of my other girls have...