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Here's a picture of her now chastising me for wanting to post "Guess What?" jokes to my friends on facbeook. :)

Well, the chick is now an adult, and is healthy and lays beautiful blue eggs. At the time I treated them with some antibiotics in their water. They ate non-medicated chick feed. The black marks were not from dirt, or newspaper...I can only imagine that it was some kind of infection.

I do know one local breeder. I may ask him what he thinks. I called the breeder for these guys and he never answered. Twice. If there's no improvement in the next few days I may swing for a vet. :( I will try the epsom salt. That's always a good idea. Thanks :)

No body seems to be limping but this fella does cry when I touch it. I've called the hatchery with no luck so far. Maybe they aren't as helpful as the store. Some hatchery in Ohio?

Ok, managed to get a better picture with my phone.

I called the feed store I got them from last week, they said they'd call the hatchery and get back with me. I hate that I have to deal with a middle man, but the people from this store have always been helpful so hopefully they will help. I took some pictures so you guys can see what I'm so...

So, one of the chicks looks like it's gotten worse, of course it's my daughter's favorite one. The spot on the bottom of her foot has turned black and crusty. Not all the chicks have these spots, but this one is the only one who seems to be progressing. Today is the second full day of...

I have gone ahead and started them on antibiotics. There are 4 out of 6 with marks like that on the bottoms of their feet. I'm nervous to do anything more to their feet. They all seem just fine otherwise.

Any ideas anyone?

I have one week old chicks, and some of them have these marks on the bottoms of their feet. They're in an indoor brooder at the moment, and I'm completely confused as to how they might have bumble foot. Anyway, if it is bumblefoot do you treat them the same as you would a little chick like...